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

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,

It's too late to claim your innocence once the trust is broken It was just a little taste, it was so sweet You couldn't imagine in your wildest dreams The walls came down and the heavens opened You think everything's perfect? There's so much wonder here

Just let them know Call it suicide Don't fabricate Just tell them babe It was suicide Don't sugarcoat it It's loving and giving when you take too much If somebody asked how we died One, two, ready

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

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 just saying this to wake you up It's all good when we making love All I ask is don't take our love For granted, it's granted My love for you is real Somebody else will, so baby girl Don't you ever get too comfortable I'm not saying this to shake you

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

Why don't you be the artist, and make me out of clay? Why don't you be the writer and decide the words I say? 'Cause I'd rather pretend I'll still be there at the end Only it's too hard to ask, won't you try to help me You wait, I wait, casting shadows,

Oh, dear boy, I wanna follow you You're a wild boy, I am a wild girl, too Oh dear boy, it's so hollow without you In a world with everything but it won't do Oh, dear boy, it's so shallow without you It's a chance, boy, everything I ask of you So bold and