it's not that i don't believe you
it would be really easy for me to believe you
if this hadn't happened to me before
and i'm sorry i just can't take your word for it
maybe i could, uh...explain it to you somehow

(explain it)

i want you to want me too
want me like i want you
don't say a word
don't say a word
(i said i)
i want you to want me too
want me like i want you
don't say a word
(oh no) don't say a word
(hey eh whooo ooh oooh)

reflex action
a knee-jerk reaction
to the multiple fractions of satisfaction
you bring
i cling to you
like
monkeys in trees
fruit on a vine
all comes in time
so i rewind
back to the days when you would say
"you know...jay"
and i would sway at the sound of your falsetto
can't let go the image
of a line of scrimmage
between you and me
the thing you see
is i see me in you
and you in me

i want you to want me too
want me like i want you
don't say a word
(oh no) don't say a word
(oh no no no no no hey heeeey hey yeah yeah)

you see baby?
elementary really
do you feel me?
building blocks of stone
and mortar
could not be a quarter
as hard as how hard i love you - it's true
"there is no greater love"
dinah would chant with a slant
something like a deep cool river
it is my sliver
of this "greater love"
that i want to give her
i can deliver - like milk!
and i'm good for you too
here's what i propose to do:

hold you nights
squeeze you right
i'll rub your feet if they feel tight
kiss you - gently
love you - plenty
baby look - your wallet's empty!
never lie
never cheat
taste you 'cause i know you're sweet
and everything, anything you need from me
that's what i propose to be
so really what i'm saying
i suppose
is that i chose
to prostrate myself before your altar
i can be your knight in shining armour
your rock of gibraltar
your rock of gibraltar
your rock of gibraltar
your rock of gibraltar

and like a metronome
i tick away my love for you in fractions of a second
so stop second guessing me
i am where i wanna be
but
do you
now baby i'm askin'
do you
and i want you to think about this
do you
wanna be
with me?

i want you to want me too
want me like i want you
don't say a word
don't say a word
(no whoa oh oh)
i want you to want me too
(want you to want me too)
want me like i want you
don't say a word
(sugar you know)
don't say a word

whoa oh oh oh oh whoa oh oh oh oh
(sugar you know) ooh
sugar you know you know
oh you got me on my knees
oh yeah yeah yeah yeah
why do you do what you do to me?
ooh whooo whoo
you got me on my knees
yeah yeah yeah yeah
look what you've done to me
ooh look what you've done to me
ooh look what you've done to me
done to me