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[Verse 1]


  My friend as

sures me, "It'

s all or nothi

ng."

  I am not wor

ried, I am not

 overly concer

ned

  My friend im

plores me, "Fo

r one time onl

y,

  Make an exce

ption."I am no

t worried

  Wrap her up 

in a package o

f lies. Send h

er off to a co

conut island

  I am not wor

ried. I am not

 overly concer

ned

  with the sta

tus of my emot

ions. "Oh," sh

e says, "you'r

e changing."
             
  But we're al

ways changing.

 It does not b

other me to sa

y -


[Chorus]


  This isn't l

ove
             
  Because if y

              
ou don't want 

             
to talk about 

        
it then... it 

isn't love
             
  And I guess 

              
I'm gonna have

    
 to live with 

that
            
  But I'm sure

              
 there's somet

              
hing in a shad

     
e of grey
              
  Or something

       
 in between
            
  And I can al

              
ways change my

 
 name
            
  If that's wh

at you mean


[Verse 2]


  My friend as

sures me, "It'

s all or nothi

ng."
          
  But I am not

 really worrie

d. I am not ov

erly concerned
  
  You try to t

ell yourself t

he things you 

try to tell yo

urself
              
  To make your

           
self forget. T

o make yoursel

f forget. I am

 not worried..

.


[Bridge]

            
  "If it's lov

              
e," she said, 

             
"then we're go

             
nna have to th

              
ink about the 


consequences."
              
  She can't st

             
op shaking I c

          
an't stop touc

hing her and

             
  This time wh

             
en kindness fa

            
lls like rain 

             
it washes her 

            
away and Anna 

           
begins to chan

           
ge her mind
             
  "These secon

            
ds when I'm sh

              
aking leave me

             
 shuddering fo

             
r days," she s

     
ays
            
  And I'm not 

             
ready for this

         
 sort of thing


[Verse 3]


  But I'm not 

gonna break
              
  And I'm not 

         
gonna worry ab

out it anymore
              
  I'm not gonn

      
a bend and I'm

 not gonna bre

ak
              
  And I'm not 

         
gonna worry ab

out it anymore

  It seems lik

e I should say

, "As long as 

this is love..

."

  But it's not

 all that easy

... so maybe I

 should

  Snap her up 

in a butterfly

 net

  Pin her down on a photograph album

  I am not wor

ried

  I've done this sort of thing before


[Interlude]

           
      But then

             
 I start to th

              
ink about the 

   
consequences
              
  Because I do

             
n't get no sle

              
ep in a quiet 


room and


[Verse 4]

             
  This time wh

             
en kindness fa

         
lls like rain
             
  It washes me

            
 away and Anna

           
 begins to cha

           
nge my mind
             
  And every ti

            
me she sneezes

     
 I believe it'

s love and
          
  Oh Lord, I'm

             
 not ready for

              
 this sort of 

     
thing


[Verse 5]

             
  She's talkin

         
g in her sleep
             
  It's keeping

     
 me awake and
           
  Anna begins 

             
to toss and tu

  
rn
             
  And every wo

            
rd is nonsense

       
 but I underst

and and
          
  Oh Lord, I'm

             
 not ready for

              
 this sort of 

     
thing


[Verse 6]

             
  Her kindness

         
 bangs a gong
             
  It's moving 

            
me along and A

            
nna begins to 

        
fade away
             
  It's chasing

      
 me away
      
  She disappea

rs and
          
  Oh Lord, I'm

             
 not ready for

              
 this sort of 


thing


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