i ll be there to hold you by the hand when you need someone to walk you home you know that i ll be there to understand when you call me on the phone and i ll be there to watch you when you sleep when you close your eyes at night and i ll be there to keep your secrets kept cross my heart hope to die i swear each word is true there s only one thing i wouldn t do i ll be there when you need a real friend i ll be there to listen to your secrets i ll be there and give you all i ve got i ll be there when you paint your masterpiece and i ll be right beside your every move i ll give you my eyes so you can see and i ll help you to find the things you ve lost when you re busting at the seams i swear each word is true there s only one thing i wouldn t do i am not going to love you i am not going to love you nobody wants you like i want you nobody needs you like i need you you know i would beg and plead get down on the knees i d do most anything it s true but i am not going to love you i am not going to love you because i love you i ll be there to love the things you love i ll be the one who knows your middle name be the only one that you can trust i ll give you the blood that s in my veins because i love you because i love you