Verse 1

Chocolate-covered sorrows

Medicine-filled joys

Never what it seems to be

A kid with broken toys

But you’re the father with the brand new toys

You’re the lover who brings hope

So I’ll stay here in your presence

Just to tell you how

Chorus

I’ve never learnt to say I love you

But I’ll learn to do so now

I’ll say the words my heart means

Although I don’t know how

Verse 2

A smile never means just one thing

Tears a myriad more

Still the clock is ticking

Still I’m waiting for

You’re the mother with the loving hug

The friend who understands

And I’ll stay here in your presence

Just to tell you how

Verse 3

Faced with strange emotions

Ideas that come about

Of oxymorons and paradoxes

I’ll never figure out

You’re the teacher who clears confusion

The brother who protects

And I’ll stay here in your presence

Just to tell you how

Bridge

I could say I love you

I could call your name

But whatever it is I end up saying

It all comes to the same