it s not like me to leave long messages it s not like me to call at all who d of thought you d find me walking around in circles my head steady banging up against the wall who s to say that it ain t perfectly normal wastin all my time starin at your picture still in its frame the smile that you gave me as i called your name trying to forget this trying to move on trying to figure out why it s taken so long to come to my senses swallow my pride find me a shadow a safe place to hide just tell me he needs you the way that you need him to tell me he loves you the way i tried to for so long it s not like me to go around wondering it s not like me to give a damn cause everybody knows that i m the kind of fool who has to have the last word the upper hand either way the end of the day is gonna find me wastin all my time as i m starin at your picture still in its frame the smile that you gave me as i called your name trying to forget this trying to move on trying to figure out why it s taken so long to come to my senses swallow my pride find me a shadow a safe place to hide just tell me he needs you the way that you need him to tell me he loves you the way i tried to for so long so long it s so easy for you to say it s so easy for you to say seems it s so easy for you to say goodbye goodbye starin at your picture still in its frame the smile that you gave me as i laughed at your name trying to forget you trying to move on trying to figure out why it s taken so long to come to my senses swallow my pride find me a shadow a safe place to hide tell me he needs you the way that you need him to tell me he loves you the way i tried to for so long so long i guess it s so long so long 