Once you've been bitten   You get a little bit shy   Start looking round for anyplace that you can hide   Once you've been naked    You get a thick thick skin   Build it up layer by layer and you climb on in      And then you're wrapped up oh so tightly   That I don't think you feel a thing   No sting of snowflakes, no kiss of angel's wings   And maybe you don't need that skin anymore   Maybe if you took it off you would not have to breathe   Maybe air would just flow in and out of you as it pleased      Look at all the heaviness   And the weight in this world   Put and old lady backbone in a little baby girl   Left no room for no lover   Left no time for no friend   Just a little voice saying never never never again      But if there's no such thing as safety   And if there ain't no guarantee   Maybe the coast is just as clear as it is ever gonna be   And maybe you don't need that skin anymore   Maybe if you took it off you would not even have to breathe   Maybe air would just flow in and out of you as it pleased      Like a summer breeze   Don't you want to feel the breeze   Don't you want to feel it now   Sweet summer breeze