If I smile with my teeth Oh please, I bet everybody here is fake happy too Don't make me play pretend Bet you believe me I think I believe me Oh please don't ask me how I've been I love making you believe What you get is what you see But I'm so fake happy

I've played every beer joint tavern From New York City out to Pasadena Every corn dog fair and rodeo And sold out every basketball arena In Afghanistan and Baghdad City too Graduate of Honky Tonk you My grandmother owned a night club On the

I'm burned to ashes, split down the middle If anyone asks it hurt just a little I died inside the day I let you go I'm inside out, shot through the center Feel the scar of where you entered Took my life and turned it upside down But I will never let you

I need love and affection I don't wanna give you the wrong impression And I hope I'm not sounding too desperate Love, love, love, love and affection Love, love, L.O.V.E and affection It ain't nothin' wrong with it Oh baby, I'm not asking for the world,

If I let it out I don't know what I'll do There's a creature inside of you too So I shut it out, I bottle up, I hide it from the world I can't hold back The creature wants me screaming, screaming I'm living a lie, there's a creature hiding inside of me

Careful what you say and who you say and who you say it to Careful what you say and who you say you it to Baby you talked too much and you were asking for it, asking for it, asking When all is said and done, you need to tie your tongue 'Cause when you

I am buried up to my neck in Contradictionary lies I take pride as the kind of illiterature I'm very ape and very nice If you ever need anything please don't hesitate to ask someone else first I'm too busy acting like I'm not naive. I've seen it all I

Hmm hmm hmm Depth over distance was all I asked of you And I may be foolish to fall as I do Still there's strength in the blindness you fear If you're coming too, hmm Hold on, though we may be too young Oh hold on, though we may be too young Depth over

I've played every beer joint tavern From New York City out to Pasadena Every corn dog fair and rodeo And sold out every basketball arena In Afghanistan and Baghdad City too Graduate of Honky Tonk you My grandmother owned a night club On the

And one of them is how bad I need you 'Cause if you did, baby, I would judge you too But you got 'em too Of all our problems No, you don't judge me 'Cause I got issues So give 'em all to me And I'll give mine to you Bask in the glory