I can't let you sweep me off my feet just yet When they've only just landed firm on the ground And I'm so tired of being messed around You've watched me shift my shape and fall into this mess Well, maybe you could wait for me, I'll do my best To get out of this dreary place I'll have to face this loneliness I've been hiding my tears from my mother and she She and my father still laugh together, see See, I'd like to have real love someday And I'd like to get past this heartbreak, soon I feel like I'm living when I smell his cigarette smoke Rich and bitter and yesterday I couldn't stop remembering him Oh, what a waste of breath and time I've been hiding my tears from my mother and she She and my father still laugh together, see See, I'd like to have real love some day And I'd like to get past this heartbreak, soon I'd like to have real love someday And I'd like to get past this heartbreak, soon