[Intro]
          
            

[Verse 1]
           
Tell me on the


 phone
        
You know where

           
 my heart's go


ne
           
Why I'm so wit


hdrawn
           
Every word is 

     
more obscure
           
To my heart's 

     
song
              
And I can't ho

   
ld on
  
(Ah)

[Chorus]
            
Yesterday I wr

              
ote a little t

   
une
            
I'm afraid you

              
'll hate the w

     
ords I used
            
I'm sorry but 

              
it's been weig

    
hing on me
          
Oh, I can't li

       
e when I sing
          
No, I can't li

        
e when I sing

[Post-Chorus]
   
My dear
          
There's nothin

      
g left in here
          
So just hold o


n
              
But don't hold

      
 on to me

[Interlude]
    

[Bridge]

Tried my best 

this time
             
To keep your h


and in mine
         
But it's writt

en now
              
And I'm rippin

              
g out the page
        
And you fantas

ize
     
Of chasing lig

hts
        
But you won't 

get far
              
With half your

            
 heart at sea
              
And New York's

 
 callin'
        
For you darlin

g
    
So pack your b

ags
              
Don't throw it

         
 all away
             
You know I'm f


allin
         
From you darli

ng
    
And I'm afraid
              
There's no mor

            
e room to stay

        
...to stay

            
I'm afraid the

        
re's nothing l

             
eft to say

        
I still wait f

         
or you to call
            
Though I told 

              
you that we sh

              
ouldn't speak 

        
outside normal

 protocol
            
How could you 

        
give me your a

 
ll?
            
Why should you

              
 wait for me a

 
t all?

[Chorus]
            
'Cause yesterd

        
ay I wrote a l

        
ittle tune
            
I'm afraid you

        
'll hate the w

         
ords I used
            
I'm sorry but 

           
it's been weig

       
hing on me
          
Oh, I can't li

        
e when I sing
          
No, I can't li

   
e