now girls do you hate men well you know sometimes you just don t talk to them and that s sad cause i can see tenderness in your faces and innocence straight from infant days and there must be tenderness deep inside oh you re so cold but it still shows well i can take a vacant stare well it s so much to say now it seems a waste but if you don t want me to know whats going on inside just tell me now and i ll go you told me about school i only want to know about you and i m hungry for it now i m starving for it now and now you know but if you care about me if i m better than the wall if it s important that i touch your arm at night youd better tell me now you know i ve just read some writers now from the old days because i knew i knew that they d understand thats right because dignity and tenderness right should apply to modern romance yeah so don t tell me dear don t tell me any words about your school or your homework now im not going to be interested in stories about your stupid pet cats just talk about love or sex or starving hearts or just shut up and i ll go but if you care about me now if i m better than the wall now if it s important when i touch you re hand if you care about being alone at all if it hurts to be alone in your kitchen the way you ve been staying over these past few months if it hurts to not be honest with yourself the way you have been the past few years because uh ive been starving for warmth you never give me any warmth oh you can t hide anymore or take drugs or smoke cigarettes or have alcohol or make up all this other bullshit that you use in your life in your life so i can t see you clear in your life you know i can t see you clear in your life you know i can t stay this way stand to hurt this way plan to go to bed alone and to feel the pride inside and hurt then to feel while you go to waste then to feel this way alone in the dark all alone in the dark i stand all alone i stand i stand in the dark outside your door and i wait to see if i should go inside because it hurts when you don t talk to me and we just pretend thats right we just pretend then i won t have it anymore never ive had it yeah because i can t stand to be alone at night and i can t stand to pretend to be together at night oh you can t hide take drugs with me smoke cigarettes or alcohol or this other shit that you use in life so i can t see you clear i want to see you clear you got to say it now if you care about me then you d better tell me now yeah oh oh yeah see dear i know how beautiful death is and i know why you hate life but i m just now a tender soul and be glad you know you see all men are just tender souls and be glad i told you and be glad that you know1