I try every way I know to tell you   I run down all my clever ways   Every smart forever phrase   How'm I going get a, heck of another love letter   But you deserve better babe      The hardest thing for me   Is true simplicity   But it's the only thing that's good enough for you      Every day I wake up later   I'm afraid to face the sun   I want to hide from everyone   Memory is bitter   Tell myself I'm no quitter   But the gold no longer glitters babe      The hardest thing for me   Is true simplicity   But it's the only thing that's good enough for you   Blood in a bucket   No rhyme, mainline, sunshine   And it's the nearest this boy's been to joy      And I do believe   I shall believe   I shall be free   On the day you say you need me   Need me   Need me   Yaaa      I push the doorknob to the booze   I might try out for the blues   Aching and lonely   What does it take to telephone me   I'm much too close to breaking      But I do believe   I shall believe   I shall be free   On the day you say you need me   Need me   Need me   Yaaa   Yaaa   Yaaa      The hardest thing for me   Is true simplicity   It's the only thing that's good enough for you   The hardest thing for me   Is true simplicity   It's the only thing that's good enough for you   Yaaa, yaaa