What I'm Trying To Say

[Verse 1]

You look so good in the clothes of a poser

And when you smiled all the kids fell apart here

I know a place where it's warm and it's dry, dear

Let me take you there

North of the river all the streets are the same

We can pretend that they don't know our name

And the heat is turned all the way to full

So don't pretend that you don't feel the pull

[Chorus]

I am trying to say

What I want to say

Without having to say

"I love you"

[Verse 2]

You look so good in the shoes of an outcast

I kissed your throat every time they said it wouldn't last

But then I knew you, I knew you, I knew you

I really knew you

We fell apart in the parties of the empty heart

We danced the junkies in the shadows of bad modern art

We clicked our heels and we wished we were home

One more tab and your silk hits the chrome

[Chorus]

I am trying to say

What I want to say

Without having to say

"I love you"

I am trying to say

What I want to say

Without having to say

"I love you"

[Verse 3]

Spring comes in when I'm rolling up another one

I draw the curtains in the glare of the same old sun

We are collapsed in the act of just being here

Three blues, two greens and a beer

We are collapsed in the act of just being here

Three blues, two greens and a beer

[Chorus]

I am trying to say

What I want to say

Without having to say

"I love you"

I am trying to say

What I want to say

Without having to say

"I love you"

I love you (and it's impossible to say)

I love you (and I've nothing to say)

I love you