'If You Tell Me' - Human Thoughts

If You Tell Me

If you tell me what you want
I won't stand in the way
I would never interfere
In you being who you are today

If you tell me that you want
A thing I don't understand
I'll be learning near you
Offer a helping hand

The things you want - I want for you
The time you need - I'll take for you
The fascination - I'll find for you
And the ways you love, I learn from you

If you tell me that you want
A thing you do alone
Just leave a number, I'll be fine,
I'll see you when you get home

(chorus)

What you want - I won't stop it
What you need - I won't block it

When you cry - I'll be sadder
When you try - I'm your ladder

If you tell me what you want
I've done long ago
I'll back off and shut my mouth
It's for you and you to know

(chorus, double last line)

"Oh baby only I
Can give you what you need"
That's a stupid thing to say
Even sillier to believe!

And if you tell me what you want
Is me to grow in the light
I'll forge ahead without you
If I can keep you in sight

(chorus, multiple last line)

6/16/25

If You Tell Me