Speak to me but not if you lie to me
Don’t tell me you love me if it’s not true
Well now look at me can’t you see what you’ve done to me
You told me you loved me but it wasn’t true
I used to think that you cared
You always said that you’d be there
And now I wait for the night to come
So I can sleep and forget the deed you’ve done
The deed you’ve done

I’m just asking you not to lie
Not to catch the tear in my eye
While every day I try to understand you
I’m just asking you to be true
Not to say I love you
For if you told me I wouldn’t know what to do

You and me yes that’s how it used to be
But you needed some time to see where your life had gone
Well now look at me don’t you care how you’ve hurt me
My clock has stopped you see
While yours still goes on
Our smiling faces turned around
And cries of anguish horrid sounds
A heart that loved now turned to stone
And you sleep as one while I sleep alone

I’m just asking you not to lie
Not to catch the tear in my eye
While every day I try to understand you
I’m just asking you to be true
Not to say I love you
For if you told me I wouldn’t know what to do

©Emily Coates
2005