You say

I on ly hear what I want to.

You say

I talk so all the time.

So?

And I thought (C)what I felt was sim ple.

And I thought (C)that I don’t be long.

And now (C)that I am leav in’ now I know (C)that I did some thing wrong.

’Cause I (F)missed you,

yeah, yeah, I (Dm7)missed you.

And you say

I on ly hear what I want to.

I (Dm7)don’t lis ten hard, I (C)don’t pay at ten tion to the (F)dis tance that you’re run ning, or to (C)an y one, an y where.

I don’t un der stand if you real ly care.

I’m (F)on ly hear ing neg a tive, no, no, no.

So I turned the ra di (C)o on.

I turned the ra di o up, and this wom an (C)was sing in’ my song.

(Dm7)Lov ers in love (C)and the oth ers run a way.

The (Dm7)lov er is cry in’ (C)’cause the oth er won’t stay.

Some of us hov er (C)when we weep for the oth er who was (Dm7)dy in’ since the day (C)they were born, well, this is not that.

(C)I think I am throw in’, but I’m thrown.

And I (Dm7)thought I’d live for ev er, but now I’m not so sure.

You try to (F)tell me that I’m clev er, but that won’t take me an y how, or an y where with you.

And you said that (C)I was na ive and I thought that (C)I was strong.

I thought, “Hey, (C)I can leave, I can leave, oh.” But now I know (C)that I was wrong ’cause I (F)missed you,

yeah,

missed you.

You said you (Dm7)caught me ’cause you want me and one day you’ll let me go.

You try to (F)give a way a keep er, or keep me ’cause you know you’re just so scared to (C)lose.

And you say,

“Stay.”

You say

I on ly hear what I want to.