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

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 (mm-hmm)
Ba-ba-da, ba, ba-ba, I've been told (mm-hmm) you're to have, not to hold
(Āhāhu-purusākāram, āhāhu-purusākāram)

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

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 (mm-hmm)
Ba-ba-da, ba, ba-ba, I've been told (mm-hmm)
You're to have, not to hold (āhāhu-puruçākāram)
You're to have, not to hold (āhāhu-puruçākāram)
You're to have, not to hold (and yet, you never do)

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 (mm-hmm)
Ba-ba-da, ba, ba-ba, I've been told (mm-hmm)
You're to have, not to hold (āhāhu-puruçākāram)
You're to have, not to hold (āhāhu-puruçākāram)
You're to have, not to hold (and yet, you never do)

You're to have, not to hold (to break my fall)
(Only I am to blame)
(Only I am to blame)
(, am to blame)
(Āhāhu-puruçākāram)
(Āhāhu-puruçākāram)