The Way That I Need You

About one year later, your daddy was born

And your grandma held my hand so tight

Oh, I can’t tell the joy as she brought forth new life

By the glow of the kerosene light

By the glow of the kerosene light

He’s the deflated balloon wrapped around your gait

Cut priced to clear a past to sell by date

He’ll be the fool running through the church, screaming out: It’s not too late

When he does, I know that you’ll wait

He’s the drunk man with bad breath coming on too strong

He’s the beauty queen that strings your heart along

And he’ll answer every question in your new-age magazine wrong

But I know you’ll love him strong

So I'm leaving before there’s nothing to believe in

I'm just craving for a love I never knew

Please, don’t go mistreating me

I'm not saying you’ve been misleading me

Just not needing me the way that I need you

He’s the elephant in the room that never speaks

But you dream about him every two weeks

I wouldn’t know his name, but you call it in your sleep

Oh, I know you love him deep

So run back to him, like you should

I guess I always knew that you would

For he’s captured your heart in a way I never could

So go on and love him good

So I'm leaving before there’s nothing to believe in

I'm just craving for a love I’ve never knew

I'm the stray cat you keep feeding

You’re the book I can’t stop reading

But the tides are receding, that it’s true

So please, don’t go mistreating me

I'm not saying you’ve been misleading me

Just not needing me the way that I need you

Just not needing me the way that I need you