try to understand before you judge now i m the kind of man that looks before he touch but i ain t never touched nothin that didn t hit me back oh no and the way we live is the way we die how bad do you want it how hard do you try you don t ask no questions you don t find out why as you watch your life pass you by you ve got to take it inside take it inside take it inside take it inside now i do believe a wound heals if you let it i can learn to forgive but i will never forget it you call my name and like a fool i m back again and i m watching you die girl a little at a time while i stay hard pretending that i don t mind i turn my head but i can t deny the hurt that i try to hide you got to take it inside take it inside take it inside take it inside it s your life girl i can t take you there i try to help but you re still nowhere i tell myself girl that i don t care i still can t let it ride blue midnight music ascap