not with haste

your eyes they tie me down so hard

i'll never learn to put up a guard

so keep my love

my candle bright

learn me hard

oh learn me right

this ain't no sham

i am what i am

though i may speak some tongue of old

or even spit out some holy word

i have no strength from which to speak

when you sit me down

and see i'm weak

we will run and scream

you will dance with me

they'll fulfill our dreams and we'll be free

and we will be who we are

and they'll heal our scars

sadness will be far away

so as we walked through fields of green

was the fairest sun i'd ever seen

and i was broke

i was on my knees

and you said yes as i said please

this ain't no sham

i am what i am

i leave no time

for a cynic's mind

we will run and scream

you will dance with me

fulfill our dreams and we'll be free

we will be who we are

and they'll heal our scars

sadness will be far away

do not let my fickle flesh go to waste

as it keeps my heart and soul in its place

and i will love with urgency but not with haste