Here's another speech you wish I'd swallow   Another cue for you to fold your ears   Another train of thought too hard to follow   Chugging along to the song that belongs to the shifting of gears   Please forgive me for my distance   The pain is evident in my existence   Please forgive me for my distance   The shame is manifest in my resistance   To your love, to your love, to your love   I would've warned you, but really, what's the point?   Caution could but rarely ever helps   Don't be down when my demeanor tends to disappoint   It's hard enough even trying to be civil to myself   Please forgive me for my distance   The pain is evident in my existence   Please forgive for my distance   The shame is manifest in my resistance   To your love, to your love, to your love   My derring-do allows me to dance the rigadoon   Around you   But by the time I'm close to you, I lose   My desideratum and now you, so   Now you have it, so tell me baby, what's the word?   Am I your gal, or should I get out of town?   I just need to be reassured   Do you just deal it out, or can you deal with   What I lay down?   Please forgive me, for my distance   The pain is evident in my existence   Please forgive me for my distance   The shame is manifest in my resistance   To your love, to your love, to your love