You Don't Know My Heart - Janis Ian

We learn to stand in the shadows

Watch the way the wind blows

Thinking no one knows — we’re one of a kind

Shy glances at the neighboring team

Romance is a dangerous dream

Never knowing if they’ll laugh or scream

Living on a fault line

Will you won’t you be mine?

Hoping it’ll change in time

We can’t hold hands

When there’s sunlight in the park

We just hold hands after dark

And if people say we chose this way

To set ourselves apart

I say — you don’t know my heart

You don’t know my heart

Used to run, I used to hide

Heard a joke and let it slide

Easier to laugh than lie, waiting on discovery

Tried to fit, I tried to blend

We learn young to pretend

'Cause if they knew, the world would end

Frightened of my family

Where is everyone like me?

When will I be free

We can’t hold hands

When there’s sunlight in the park

We just hold hands after dark

And if people say we chose this way

To set ourselves apart

I say — you don’t know my heart

You don’t know my heart

Everybody needs a love of their own

I’m no different than the rest

Everyone deserves a happy home

And that’s what we do best

Why do they have to make it a test

We can’t hold hands

When there’s sunlight in the park

We just hold hands after dark

And if people say we chose this way

To set ourselves apart

I say — you don’t know my heart

You don’t know my heart