If you were a baby I would take you and run
I could hide you in the folds of my heart
there's a truth in the madness that I can't get beyond
and a fever that won't leave me alone

I don't want my heart, don't want my head
don't want my friends, don't want my bed
I can't live with myself, I can't live with myself
can't take no help, I try to want to
but I can't get beyond you

I will stare from the window at the shapes in the rain
as the space between us drives me insane
I can't live with myself, I can't live with myself
can't take no help, don't want no one else

If I was a child, I would refuse to leave
I would sit down on the street
kick my legs and scream
I'm not much of a man but I know how I am
I know this won't fade away
I will pretend and be strong
but I wonder where I belong

And the feeling comes in waves
a hole in my body, aching
like a heart dying, a soul crying
exhausted and insecure
took all you have and I still want more
so I reach out to hold you
but all I do is hurt you, hurt you

I can't live with myself, I can't live with myself
can't take no help, I try to want to
But I can't get beyond you

If I was a child I would take you and run
and I say I don't know... but I know
and I say I'll go

You just spent the whole day driving away