Can't Love Without It

Can’t Love Without It
by Bob Halligan, Jr.

It’s like readin’ a book, readin’ the look that you
Give me when I say I’m sorry
Readin’ ahead, fillin’ with dread
To find out how it ends
As you’re walkin’ away, I think to say
A thousand things that make it clear that
I’m your bestest friend

(chorus)
If I don’t know what’s on your heart
How can I guess? Isn’t it
Clear that this is the thing I wanna do best?
Well I know how much you love me
Swear to God I’ll never doubt it
Your tender touch, I need it so much
I can’t love without it- can’t love without it

You start comin’ around, calming down
And ya talk me thru what’s buggin’ you
But then you start to open your heart
And turn it back on me
You say: “How bout when we talk and you
Get up and walk
Silently down to the basement
If I disagree

(chorus)
If I don’t know what’s on your heart
How can I guess? Isn’t it
Clear that this is the thing I wanna do best?
Well I know how much you love me
Swear to God I’ll never doubt it
Your tender touch, I need it so much
I can’t love without it- can’t love without it”

Sometimes we talk to God
But not each other
I bet He throws His Hands up
And says: “Work it out with one another!”

(chorus)
If I don’t know what’s on your heart
How can I guess? Isn’t it
Clear that this is the thing I wanna do best?
Well I know how much you love me
Swear to God I’ll never doubt it
Your tender touch, I need it so much
I can’t love without it- can’t love without it

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