Shyness

Sometimes I feel that you must know everything But mostly I know a man is always a man And though you've taken the time to understand the things of the heart And though he cares only about one thing I know a man is a man is a man is a man No matter how many lines he has on his face Don't be so shy Locked up in your mind What will it take To make you happy What will you find In a house with drawn blinds Come out of your shell And start to live your life For me it's all or nothing Either selfishness or sensitivity Open to the feelings of those around me Or enclosed in a walled garden of my own making Indifferent to the world I am drawn to your experience As if it were my only connection With the land of the living One day I will meet you maybe On the day the shy will meet the shy Til' then I'll be a baby Incommunicado draw the blind Don't be so shy Locked up in your mind What will it take To make you happy What will you find In a house with drawn blinds Come out of your shell And start to live your life He's younger than you And I love him with a physical love As if possessed by something which in the end Will estrange me I know from myself And so as time goes by I become less shy And my hands have hardened against these thorns Don't be so shy Locked up in your mind What will it take To make you happy What will you find In a house with drawn blinds Come out of your shell And you'll be happy What will you find In a house with drawn blinds Don't be so shy And you'll be happy Here in your mind It's a house with drawn blinds Come out of your shell And start to live again