I don't wanna lead you on

I don't wanna make me another woman gone

I lost her to the night when we were walking home

I don't really need to

I don't really need to know more than I already do

It don't make it easier if both of us lose

Won't be the paranoia

Why won't you say what is going on?

Calling me, California

Reaching for something already lost

So say, when you leave, you don't want me

'Cause how you gonna make me cry? (How you gonna make me cry?)

Say what you mean, when you're walking away

So I can get a standing ovation for the freedom

I'll be the one that's on your mind, if you'd have me

Maybe we could take our time to be honest

You can be selfish, too, it's not just something I do

I know that you feel it too (I do)

So say, when you leave, you don't want me

'Cause how you gonna make me cry now? (How you gonna make me cry now? How you gonna make me cry?)

Say what you mean when you're walking away

So I can give a standing ovation for the freedom

I wanna keep you in the morning, but you fight back

I could've stayed like this forever, but you spite that

Telling me I keep you down and back

Everyone around you says that's bad

Cut the cord when I need to

But no one else makes me feel alive

And I can't hide that

I swear I'm coming right back