i learned when i was a young boy you turn your cheek you get slapped i take the punches i can t slip and i give it right back even if i win girl you know it really won t mean too much what i want baby most of all is the only thing i can t touch if i give you my heart would you love me forever would you pick up the pieces if i stumble and fall if my world falls apart could you keep it together if i can t have you i don t want no one at all just because i m so quiet just because i don t cry the hardest lesson to learn girl is how to take it inside there s leather and jewels to soothe me but it really isn t what i need there s an aching hurt inside of me and it s the kind of thing you don t see if i give you my heart would you love me forever would you pick up the pieces if i stumble and fall if my world falls apart could you keep it together if i can t have you i don t want no one at all now the years are unwinding but i still feel the hurt i ve been fighting my whole life for the privilege to work now i ve stopped and looked around me there s nobody left to blame if i don t have you to hold me girl all of my work s in vain if i give you my heart would you love me forever would you pick up the pieces if i stumble and fall if my world falls apart could you keep it together if i can t have you i don t want no one at all