Don\'t tell me promises, don\'t deal in lies
Don\'t ask me now if I\'m too tired and wise
And I\'m too tired and burned inside of it
The day that I lost, my life lost every bit.
And when a man has lost his thorny crown
He\'ll be looking up asking why was he alone
His pictures painted a love-struck love affair
With Kings and Queens, he didn\'t really care.
Try not to speak in silence, speak nowhere
Pawns ahead make move then stop n stare
And if the little old trumpet man plays blues
Stars smile as the man jumps over the Moon.
From Italy to Hungry to Romania and Lisbon
Don\'t whisper in my ear when I\'m not listening
And wedding bells ring sweet nothings now
Don\'t ask where, why and who I don\'t know.
Now I\'m feeling a little older, don\'t ask why
Smiles may be flaking and teardrops in my eye
Now you see what\'s going on, going on in me
A tsunami never asked what happened to the sea.
I won\'t ask you if you\'re unhappy with your face
I won\'t ask if you\'re flying to Lisbon and its grace
But I won\'t take the offer is she\'s too tired to talk
And I won\'t ask her if she\'ll be willing for a walk.
Don\'t play with strings when bells didn\'t chime
Now that the Roses have gone they are mine
Dressed in cotton wool and still, you can\'t see
That once in love I roamed never came back to me.
Don\'t forget to forget
Don\'t ask how to live
Don\'t put love on a bet
Now to learn to give.