I'm always loving someone
more than they love me
Lord I wish that just this once
that's not how it would be
I always try too hard
when I find someone new
God I wish just this once
You'd need me more than I need you
I danced to please my father
just to win once glance
Some sign of his approval
I danced and danced and danced and danced
I smiled to make my mother proud
I was her child
To gain some small attention
I smiled and smiled and smiled and smiled
My books and bikes I bartered
to try and buy a friend
Now I'm grown
This heart I own is the currency
I spent and spent and spent
And in the end
I'll give you everything I own
Sure you'd never want me
For myself alone
How I hate the way I am
Always trying to impress
Lord if I could love me more
I could love you less
And if I could love you less
I would not confuse you
Dancing dancing smiling smiling
Till of course I lose you