How to Listen

It's not fair you get to leave again Untimely fleeing me again You act so flattered when I say it hurts As if I've scratched an itch for you Fulfilled your deepest wishing to feel Needed, longed for and deserved But you've forgotten mine again The need you promised you would tend to When you took my hand until the end Sometimes I think you hurt me just to Keep feeling down And keep me just to make me cry So I won't get too proud When you left this morning You had so much to do You didn't say goodbye to me That left me feeling blue And through the day In dreams awake I pictured me and you Suppertime and wine and kissing Underneath the moon But after of 10 you stumbled in And kicked off both your shoes there wasn't space for me amidst The mess of all that you went through Cause It's all about you Crack of dawn it's working on Our calls and rendezvous I lay there hoping you'll see me beyond the screen in front of you My voice is a distraction From the Sunday morning news My face gives off the feeling that somehow I disapprove of you If all my love is keeping ya from What you need to do I'm inclined to step aside and make a little room Cause it's all about you It's all about you It's all about you It's all about you I thought a little time apart Would make you see my perfect heart And set aside your ways and finally fix em But through the tears, to my surprise The distance made me realize That I've been dyin' for you to find what's missing When all the while your love for me was Steady like a sturdy tree Just swaying while I'm learning how to listen On my own I can remember What it is I'm here to do And tend the glowing ember Of the love I have for me and you I try to keep it up when little nothings get me down but forgetfulness comes easy when my dizzy feet lose steady ground My darling I am all bout gettin' Good at loving you But I go blind when we're unkind And start to think the lie is true That it's all about you It's all about you It's all about you It's all about you I thought if I ignored you too You'd see my perfect love for you And rub my feet and make more time for kissin' But this part I'm ashamed to say I brush you off to make you stay Which only tires you out and thins your patience When all the while your love for me is Steady like a sturdy tree Just swaying while I'm learning how to listen When all the while your love for me is Steady like a sturdy tree Just swaying while I'm learning how to listen"