To have and not to hold
So hot, yet so cold
My heart is in your hand
And yet you never stand
Close enough for me to have my way

To love but not to keep
To laugh, not to weep
Your eyes they go right through
And yet you never do
Anything to make me want to stay

[Refrain]
Like a moth to a flame
Only I am to blame
Ba ba da ba ba ba
What can I do
Ba ba da ba ba ba
I go straight to you
Ba ba da ba ba ba
I've been told
Mmm...
You're to have, not to hold

To look but not to see
To kiss but never be
The object of your desire
I'm walking on a wire
And there's no one at all to break my fall

[Refrain]

You're to have, not to hold
You're to have... not to hold

[Refrain]

You're to have, not to hold
You're to have, not to hold
You're to have... not to hold