Jerry

Do you remember how this whole thing started?

You sent somebody else to ask for my heart.

I looked around and I wondered, "Why me?"

What was it in my eyes that you happened to see?

Jerry, I fell before I even knew,

Thinking I was walking into a room for two.

I just wish you could love me for me,

And let the rest of the whole world be.

Why's there always a crowd when I'm holding your hand?

I'm trying to love you, I'm trying to understand.

But my favorite memories, the ones that shine through,

Are the rare times, Jerry, it was only me and you.

I hold on to the quiet we found,

When there wasn't anybody else around.

No outside voices, no wandering eyes,

Just the truth looking back in the fading light.

I wanted to build a fence around that space,

And keep everybody else out of our place.

I just wish you could love me for me,

And let the rest of the whole world be.

Why's there always a crowd when I'm holding your hand?

I'm trying to love you, I'm trying to understand.

But my favorite memories, the ones that shine through,

Are the rare times, Jerry, it was only me and you.

Maybe one day you'll finally see,

That love doesn't need all this company.

You can lock the door, you can pull the blind,

And leave everybody else far behind.

I'm still holding out for the man I met,

And that feeling of us I can't forget.

I just wish you could love me for me,

And let the rest of the whole world be.

Why's there always a crowd when I'm holding your hand?

I'm trying to love you, I'm trying to understand.

Oh, my favorite memories, the ones that shine through,

Are the rare times, Jerry, it was only me and you.

Yeah, I just wanted it to be me and you.