I Love You Softly

Yesterday morning I woke up And wrote down your name in a book by my bed Each night I pray I might wake up And find that you've drifted from my head But much to my dismay I see Your lovely name one hundred times in my book On every line there in my book, hundreds of times Trying to balance the depth of my love With the way that you like me to feel Maybe someday I can master The way you pretend what we have isn't real But much to my dismay I see the look upon your face As all of my love, clumsy and loud Swallows you up, watches you drown And I know that you're hoping I'd sing all my songs just a bit more sweetly And I know you'd prefer that I give you my heart a bit more discreetly And I wish I knew how people calmly announce over casual coffee But no one ever taught me how to say I love you softly I love you softly La la la la la, la la la la la la, la la la la la la la la la, la la la la la la. And I know that you're hoping I'd sing all my songs just a bit more sweetly And I know you'd prefer that I give you my heart a bit more discreetly And I wish I knew how people calmly announce over casual coffee But no one ever taught me how to say I love you softly I love you softly