looking at the soft skin of yesterday s light fall upon you rising up off the pillowy haze that we gaze through it s the song that i sing because i have to i make a choice to raise my voice but you re hard to refuse i wouldn t do that to you i wouldn t do that to you i couldn t drag it out you couldn t settle me down i wouldn t do that to you peel off the yellowing pages of memories in black and white when love was just a sweet idea we could lie beside and it s a price that we pay because we want to but it s worse to see the hurt when she s so much to lose i wouldn t do that to you i wouldn t do that to you i couldn t drag it out you couldn t settle me down i wouldn t do that to you trying on the tough skin of saturday night falls around you i m thinking of the billowing blaze that surrounded you now it s the song that you sing because you have to not cause you want to and it s the hardest thing to choose when there s so much to lose i wouldn t do that to you i wouldn t do that to you i couldn t drag it out you couldn t settle me down i wouldn t do that to you