You know what's wrong with you, Miss, whoever you are
You're chicken, you've got no guts
You're afraid to stick out your chin and say
"Okay, life's a fact, people do fall in love
People do belong to each other"
Because that's the only chance anybody's got for real happiness
You call yourself a free spirit, a wild thing
And you're terrified somebody's gonna stick you in a cage
Baby, you're already in that cage, you built it yourself
And it's not bounded in the west by Tulip, Texas
Or in the east by Somaliland, it's wherever you go
Because no matter where you run
You'll just end up running into yourself
I remember nights, every summer at your house
It was you and me together, was the only time I felt, yeah
Now, you're on your own spending time with someone else, yeah
I can't even trip 'cause I did this to myself, yeah
You say stupid shit like you wish you never met me
Gassed up by your friends, they hold everything against me
I just need some time, peace of mind, feeling empty
All she ever wanted was a little more attention
And was it too much? Probably not
But where I'm at is all I get
Now I'm in my bedroom, door locked
And I'm doing all I can not to cry
How am I supposed to let you go?
Someone please let me know
'Cause she was my novocaine
I need you to numb this pain
How am I supposed to let you go?
Someone please let me know
'Cause she was my novocaine
I need you to numb this pain
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I just want this to work even though I know it's hell
But to say I'm not a burden, you'd be lying to yourself, yeah
Sick of all the distance and I can't tell
Thinking things will change, but it never will
It's too late, I tried, same games, no prize
I'm all alone, I want you home
All I wanted was someone to call my own
And was it too much? Probably not
But where I'm at is all I get
Now I'm in my bedroom, door locked
And I'm doing all I can not to cry
How am I supposed to let you go?
Someone please let me know
'Cause she was my novocaine
I need you to numb this pain
How am I supposed to let you go?
Someone please let me know
'Cause she was my novocaine
I need you to numb this pain
Baby, come numb up this pain
I think I'm going insane
Killing me up, beating me down
Making me doubt
I don't know no more (I don't want it anymore)
How am I supposed to let you go? (Let you go)
Someone please let me know (let me know)
'Cause she was my novocaine (novocaine, novocaine)
I need you to numb this pain (numb this pain, numb this pain)
How am I supposed to let you go? (Let you go)
Someone please let me know (let me know)
'Cause she was my novocaine (ooh)
I need you to numb this pain (I need you to numb this pain)