How Can I Tell You - Madness

Communication is a skill you must acquire,

it will help you through your life, it is essential

You have to walk into this world with your head held high,

be fluid child, don’t become crystalline,

you’re gonna have to swim with the molecules

How can I tell you, you have to open up your heart

How can I tell you, be honest from the very start

How I feel, make a stand for what is true

Try to be decent in all that you do.

How can I tell you, you’ve got to give to get support

How can I tell you, a little effort &a lot more thought

How I feel, check the wonder in all that you see

You’ve got to get loving unconditionally.

You’re gonna have to walk that road, you’re gonna bear some heavy loads

You’ll make mistakes &you'll come close

You’re gonna get hurt by the one you love most

You’re gonna have to take some pain, accept the loss to live again

Forgive yourself as you’ll be free,

there’s more to love than just loving you see.

How can I tell you, the laughter on a crowded bus

How can I tell you, making space when you’re being crushed

How I feel, a letter I receive from you

A hug &a kiss when you’re feeling blue

How can I tell you, the last chocolate in the box

How can I tell you, a pair of mittens &some cotton socks

How I feel, I’ll make a fire when you are cold

Don’t worry darling I’ll love you when you grow old

How can I tell you, 6 candles on your birthday cake

How can I tell you, a Christmas card that I helped you make

How I feel, when you ran in your first race

The time I stuck an ice cream in your face

How can I tell you, the last chocolate in the box

How can I tell you, a pair of mittens &some cotton socks

How I feel, I’ll make a fire when you are cold

Don’t worry darling I’ll love you when you grow old