Everybody wants a lover

Everybody wants a lover 
Nobody wants to uncover 
What may lay deep beneath 
sometimes painful past
Wanna go without a care 
Pull gardenias from her hair
 I think of a time we didn't have
 care in the world
Captivated by her beauty
I knew it was my life long duty 
She had all the grace and charm 
Of a radiant queen

How do you talk without speaking? Yeah How do you hear without listening? 
How do you live without feeling? Yeah 
How do you take without giving? 
And we keep it all inside?

There are footprints on my ceiling 
I can't help this [bad word] up feeling Something's wrong, you ain't comin'
Around here no more
Try to get my thoughts together 
I think of a time when things were better This miscommunication 
Is breakin' me down

How do you talk without speaking? Yeah How do you hear without listening? 
How do you live without feeling? Yeah 
How do you take without giving? 
How you treat your new best friend?

Everybody wants a lover 
Nobody wants to uncover 
What may lay deep beneath 
sometimes painful past
My heart is heavy slowly sinking 
I redirect my desperate thinking 
And kiss her red full lips 
Like I did the very first time

How do you talk without speaking? Yeah How do you hear without listening? 
How do you live without feeling? Yeah 
How do you take without giving? 
There are footprints on my ceiling, yeah 
And I kept it bottled up inside, all my life