Can I
When she says,
When I think of generosity
I think of you
Can I stay with you
For a while?
I say,
You don't have to
But inside
I say,
I want you to
When she says,
When I think of honesty
Loyalty
I think of you
Can I stay by your side?
I say,
That's okay
I can do it
By myself
But inside
I'm still a small child
With many fears
So I want to say,
Yes, come and ease my tears
When she says,
When I think of happiness
I think of you
Can I help you
At all?
I say,
No
But inside
I say,
Yes, you can try
But I know
That I should have said
What I was thinking
It has cost me
Through the years
And I know
That I wouldn't have said no
If I had only known
But sadly
None of us are real fortune-tellers
We don't know what's going to happen
So we predict
And sometimes we have to pay
