Don't Tell Her

Don't tell her that I drink tea and not coffee I'd prefer if you didn't talk at all about me Even in a brief casual chat Don't tell her how I loved your smile, or things like that Don't tell her how I was your best friend Don't tell her how it could never work out in the end Don't tell her how you learned a lesson from me And that's why you have to take things slow and easy If you can forgive me for my faults Then maybe it can work out after all I can't stand anybody knowing me the way you do And I can't stand the thought of her knowing you Don't tell her about that camping trip we took Don't tell her how I bite my lip and never finish a book Don't tell her how I like to sleep in late Or that I believe in romance and fate Well, what if we meet on some cross-town street? And you'll introduce us and we'll finally meet And I'll be alone when you're walking away And I'll be wondering what she's going to say Well, I know we'll never be the way we were But don't tell her Don't tell her that I'm too old for my age Don't tell her that this love of mine was just a stage She doesn't need to know my point of view She'll never love you like the way that I do