So you tell me that you’re misunderstood   Well I surely believe it’s true   You’ve been hiding out for so long now   That I wonder who could understand you   But someday I’m gonna see inside you’re secret mind   I can wait. I’ve got time, I’ve got time, I’ve got time      So you say you’re all alone in this life   You’re just watching the world go ‘round   Every time you let someone in that someone only lets you down   So you put on a mascara mask and you pull your hood down over your eyes   And you set about protecting yourself from a world that only makes them cry   Come on, come on, come on, come on now      Try, try, try, and the answers getting clearer   All the time, time, time, nobody knows   You could lose yourself in the by and by   When you keep yourself a secret for too long,   You know, it’s no good      How long you gonna have to be misunderstood?   How long you gonna have to be misunderstood?      The other day I went to see you   You know it’d been a while   I went in and started talking to you   And trying to make you smile   Maybe you did, maybe I didn’t look close enough   Let me come a little closer. Why you always gotta make it so tough?   Come on, come on, you know you got to      Try, try, try, and the answer’s getting clearer   All the time, time, time, nobody knows   You could lose yourself in the by and by   When you keep yourself a secret for too long,   You know it’s no good      How long you gonna have to be misunderstood?   How long you gonna have to be misunderstood?   How long you gonna have to be misunderstood?   How long you gonna have to be misunderstood?