i don't love anyone

i don't love anyone

you're not listening

you're playing with something

you're playing with yourself

i don't love anyone

you're not listening even now

you're playing with someone

you're playing with someone else

and if there's one thing that i learned when i was a child

it's to take a hiding

i don't love anything

not even christmas

especially not that

i don't love anything

no

i don't love anyone

maybe my sister

maybe my baby brother too

yeah

i don't love anyone

but if there's one thing that i learned when i was still a child

it's to take a hiding

yeah if there's one thing that i learned when i was still at school

it's to be alone

out in the street today

the kids are playing

having fun

i pass them by i'm not a kid

no

i don't love anyone

i met a man today

he told me something pretty strange

there's always somebody saying something

he said

the world is as soft as lace."