Forever

                                  I learned when I was a young boy

You turn your cheek you get slapped

I take the punches I can't slip

And I give it right back

Even if I win girl, you know it really won't mean too much

What I want baby most of all is the only thing I can't touch





If I give you my heart would you love me forever

Would you pick up the pieces if I stumble and fall

If my world falls apart could you keep it together

If I can't have you I don't want no one at all





Just because I'm so quiet

Just because I don't cry

The hardest lesson to learn girl

Is how to take it inside





There's leather and jewels to soothe me

But it really isn't what I need

There's an aching hurt inside of me

And it's the kind of thing you don't see





If I give you my heart would you love me forever

Would you pick up the pieces if I stumble and fall

If my world falls apart could you keep it together

If I can't have you I don't want no one at all





Now the years are unwinding

But I still feel the hurt

I've been fighting my whole life

For the privilege to work





Now I've stopped and looked around me

There's nobody left to blame

If I don't have you to hold me girl

All of my work's in vain





If I give you my heart would you love me forever

Would you pick up the pieces if I stumble and fall

If my world falls apart could you keep it together

If I can't have you I don't want no one at all