The telephone's not answered
 
 So many times you'll call
 
 For many different reasons
 
 so many tears will fall
 
 before you find your love
 
 before it comes knocking at your door
 
 before you know for sure
 
 this is what you were waiting for
 
  
  So many fears will haunt you
 
 deny them or regret
 
 Some men will make you want to
 
 and you will not forget
 
 before you find your love
 
 before it comes knocking at your door
 
 before you know for sure
 
 this is what you were waiting for
  
 
 There's a story of a man who loved too much
 
 He ended up inside a prison cell
 
 You've got to want to give to get it
 
 or you could land up in the same suspicious hell
 
 It's happened before
 
 It's happened before
  
 
 Coincidence and patience
 
 will mend this fatal flaw
 
 Though it may seem a long wait
 
 others have been here
 
 before you find your love
 
 before it comes knocking at your door
 
 before you know for sure
 
 this is what you were waiting for
  
 
 One day when the phone starts ringing
 
 you'll answer to the words you're longing for
 
 No tears, no trade, no prison cell
 
 Whatever you need, he will return more
 
 It's happened before
 
 It's happened before