[ti:I've Passed This Way Before] [ar:Jimmy Ruffin] [al:Sings Top Ten] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I've Passed This Way Before - Jimmy Ruffin [00:07.43]Life lends a crushing blow [00:10.65]And once again a heart is broken [00:15.44]And as history repeats itself [00:19.70]These few words are sadly spoken [00:23.81]I've passed this way before [00:28.02]And I've felt this pain before [00:32.30]A hurt that took so long to end [00:36.78]Has found my poor heart again [00:42.74]As I watch love walking away [00:46.23]It brings back old memories [00:50.52]A familiar pain still feels the same [00:54.87]Once again heartache has found me [00:59.97]A dark cloud covered my heart [01:03.41]Oh when she told me goodbye [01:07.60]Now there's nothing left but emptiness [01:11.92]And the tears that fill my crying eyes [01:16.98]I've passed this way before [01:21.19]And I've felt this pain before [01:25.31]A hurt that took so long to end [01:29.53]Has found my poor heart again [01:34.80]No matter how strong a man is [01:38.36]Without love he walks in the dark [01:43.19]If love deserts him it will surely hurt him [01:46.89]Cos his weakness is his heart [01:51.81]A lonely journey now stands before me [01:55.86]The endless pain has started [01:59.75]But this time I know the way [02:03.83]Walking alone and broken hearted [02:09.08]It so hard to face reality [02:12.39]Knowing loneliness is my destiny [02:16.55]Because I've passed this way before [02:21.66]And I've felt this pain before [02:25.77]A hurt that took so long to end [02:30.24]Has found my poor heart again