Stop Before I Cry

[Verse 1]
I know that I'm not perfect just like I know you are wild
I know that though we're both grown up, I still feel like a child inside
And I want to go out dancing, soon as the world returns
'Cause baby, when you're dressed up, well, it's hard to find the words
And if you look into my soul and you told me what you see
You'd say "I see the mirror that you put in front of me"
Oh, don't take me to the start, no, I want to go forward
Baby, if we part, Katie, if I hide
Then I can live in your songs forever, and you can live in mine

[Chorus]
'Cause Katie when you sing to me
It's like a melody-ee-ee
Comin' off the mountain-in
Comin' out the sea-ee-ee
Stoppin' at the plains
Up into a Mеmphis sky
Katie, stop the song now
Stop beforе I cry

[Post-Chorus]
Stop before I cry
Stop before I cry
Stop before I cry
Stop before I cry

[Verse 2]
And you know they'll feed us fruit right before they suck our blood
Yeah, they'll fill us up with sugar while they drag us through the mud
And it's hard to find the freedom that we feel when we're asleep
'Cause right now I am wide awake, always stuck inside a dream
And I know that you got secrets and you know I got them too
'Cause you've seen me ride a nightmare, honey, and you taught me how to shoot
Oh, remember when we met, how we were so young
You were still suckin' on a bottle like it was suckin' on God's thumb
But from stage, you would take flight and whistle like a songbird
While swayin' in a blue dress, you'd turn the crowd into a big mess

[Chorus]
'Cause Katie when you sing to me
It's like a melody-ee-ee
Comin' off the mountain-in
Comin' out the sea-ee-ee
Stoppin' at the plains
Up into a Memphis sky
Katie, stop the song now
Stop before I cry

[Post-Chorus]
Stop before I cry
Stop before I cry
Stop before I cry
Stop before I cry

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 5]
You can get lost forever when your heart is a desert
And you can lose your mind when it's stormin' all the time
But I want to go out dancing soon as the world returns
'Cause, Katie, when you're dressed up, honey, oh, it's hard to find the words