I’ve tried. Lord, I’ve tried
To be the man you want me to be.
But, my life, although I’ve tried
I can’t see you dispassionately.
I guess I’m a pretty poor friend,
Falling in love with you again.

It would be stupid of me
To crack, and let my feelings out.
All the same, I’ve played the game.
I’ve lived with hope and I’ve lived without.
I bite my tongue and count to ten,
Falling in love with you again.

I get so angry with my heart,
the way it leaps when you’re around.
I haven’t got the strength
to hold the damn thing down.
You’d think it’d burn itself out,
after all this time.
It seems I’ve perfected perpetual emotion
with this idiot heart of mine.

You speak your mind, but love’s deaf and blind –
Though mainly dumb when you are near.
I hope and pray you’ll change some day,
And what could be more pointless, my dear?
It’s time to come to my senses, if I’ve any sense.
Falling in love,
Falling in love,
Falling in love with you again.