(Mary Chapin Carpenter)



Don't want to need the way I need you

Don't want to feel like this

Holding back all the words but not the kiss

For the moment my heart begins to murmur

The moment of truth arrives

And I know you'll shake your head and say goodbye



I know the price of this to me

I'll light the candle that shines on you

I'll be a slave to the beauty but not the truth



Don't want to fear the way I fear you'll

Hurt me because you can

I never believed I'd crave that kind of man

I've seen the trail of hearts you've broken

I've seen the traps you lay

And if I had the strengh I'd run without delay



I know the price of this to me

I'll light the candle that shines on you

I'll be a slave to the beauty but not the truth



It's dark and getting colder and I'm the beholder

And you're all I long to see



Don't want to love the way I love you...



I know the price of this to me

I'll light the candle that shines on you

I'll be a slave to the beauty but not the truth



I know the price of this to me

I'll light the candle that shines on you

I'll be a slave to the beauty but not the truth