Can I Say I Love You?
© 2001 Jesse Slokum
How can I say I love you? How can I say I love you?
When we don't even know if by this time tomorrow
We will be - will still be here?
How can I say I love you? How can I say I love you?
When these very words I say have become the only way
To dispell the fear?
How can I say I love you? How can I say I love you?
With so many pedestals still towering high above
How can I say I love you? How can I say I love you?
How can I say I need you? How can I say I need you?
When I've got my own needs loose like a spooked horse stampedes
And there's no corral in sight?
How can I say I need you? How can I say I need you?
When I'd rather be fishing for some big one, just wishing
The Reel wasn't wound up so tight?
How can I say I need? How can I say I need?
With so many pedestals towering high from greed,
How can I say I need? How can I say I need you?
You know, I'd sing it out all over
But no one wants to front the cash
Those stages are so far from clover
Anyone of these days, In so many last ways
Anyone of these days, In so many last ways
You know, they could be smoking ash...
Lately it looks like the path, lately it looks like the path
'Twixt the straight and narrow is as sharp as an arrow
In the breast of a deer.
Lately it looks like the math, lately it looks like the math
That tries all spheres with a cube, and fits no known test tube
Has finally become clear.
How can I say I love, I need? How can I say I love, I need?
With so many pedestals towering high from greed,
How can I say I love? How can I say I need you?
I love you - I need you, I love you, I need you!
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