Don't tell her that you want her

Don't ask her to be yours

Don't tell her she is everything

Or she might see the fool behind the frown

And then the heart behind the fool

Don't tell her that you need her

Don't tell her that you care

Don't ask her to hold you

Or she might see the fool behind the frown

And then the heart behind the fool

Behind the cool, there's a dreading that

Someday she'll betray you

Someday she will dispose of

All her photographs of you

So don't tell her when you're lonely

Don't tell her when you're blue

Don't tell her she means everything to you

So don't tell her that you need her

Don't tell her that you care

Don't ask her to hold you

Or she might see the fool behind the frown

And then the heart behind the fool