If someone’s gonna love you

[Verse 1]

You're a child and I'm your mother

Say goodbye to your friends between the laughter

And I'm sort of the one you want

Sort of the one you want

[Verse 2]

And before we go back to each other

Smoking before 2 p.m. is over

And I'm sort of cooking you a meal

And the door is open for you, dear

[Pre-Chorus]

Well I wrote to you last in a video game

In the journal I typed out your name

Well I wrote to you last in the butter on your bread

The footprints in the dirt

The wrinkles in your bed

[Chorus]

If someone’s gonna love you, let it be me

When you’re glowing with naivety

Son I wrote to you last in an essay

To impress you

You impress me

Son I wrote to you last with the sunscreen on your face

The footprints in the dirt

For you I’d leave a trace

(If someone’s gonna love you)

(Let it be me)

(Let it be me)

[Bridge]

A-one, a-two, a-one, two, three, four

[Verse 3]

And before we come back to each other

You’ll be a guide and a friend and a lover

And the more we come back to each other

You confide in your friends between the laughter

If someone’s gonna love you, then let it be me