I try every way I know to tell you

I run down all my clever ways

Every smart forever phrase

How'm I gonna get her

Hack out another love letter

But you deserve better, babe

The hardest thing for me is true simplicity

It's the only thing that's good enough for you

Every day I wake up later

I'm afraid to face the sun

I wanna hide from everyone

Memory is bitter

Tell myself I'm no quitter

But the gold no longer glitters, babe

The hardest thing for me is true simplicity

It's the only thing that's good enough for you

Blood in a bucket, no rhyme

Mainline, sunshine

And it's the nearest this boy's been to joy

And I do believe, I shall believe

I shall be free on the day you say you need me, need me, need me, yeah

I push the boat out to the booze

And I try out for the blues

Aching and lonely

What does it take to telephone me?

I'm much too close to breaking

But I do believe, I shall believe

I shall be free on the day you say you need me, need me, need me, yeah

The hardest thing for me is true simplicity

It's the only thing that's good enough for you

The hardest thing for me is true simplicity

It's the only thing that's good enough for you