Another Edit Job

IllinoisJack's original

There are things that I need to say
That I think you need to hear
And they won’t just go away
And my heart won’t disappear
If the devil had his way
I would live with all this fear
But I’m standing hear today
Hoping I can make it clear

I cannot make a speech
I will not scream and yell
And it’s just outside my reach
To tell what I must tell
I am not a man to preach
Cause I’ve spent my time in hell
And I can’t pretend to teach
Something I don’t know that well

And so……..
I wrote a song
To try to say what I have been
Holding in so long
It’s here……..
Where you belong
And I hope that after you must go
You hear it on the radio
For all I cannot say
I wrote a song

Instrumental

I’m not a movie star
I’m not a wealthy man
I cannot take you far
But I’d do what I can
My road is rock and tar
My champagne in a can
But we are what we are
And that I understand

And so……..
I wrote a song
To try to say what I have been
Holding in so long
It’s here……..
Where you belong
And I hope that after you must go
They play it on the radio
For all I cannot say
I wrote a song


My edit

There are things that I need to say
There are things that you should hear
Stay with me, don't go away
Don't let our love just disappear
Or dissipate, to the air escape
Slipped inside the cracks in time
Of daily tasks or social masks
Or the pettiness of yours and mine

If we were different people
If these were different lives
I would caress your ear with words
And we'd live so happily afterwards
In a cottage by the sea
But here and now when I try to speak
All I do is scream and yell
I'm vicious, angry, hurtful and weak
My good intentions; straight to hell

And so……..
I wrote a song
To try to say what I have been
Holding in so long
It’s here……..
Where you belong
And I hope that after you must go
You hear it on the radio
For all I cannot say
I wrote a song

Instrumental

Yeah....
I wrote a song
To try to say what I have been
Holding in so long
It’s here……..
Where you belong
And I hope that after you must go
They play it on the radio
For all I cannot say
I wrote a song


However, I think the best solution is just to quote this.