[Verse 1]

I try every way I know to tell you

I run down all my clever ways

Every smart, forever phrase

How'm I gonna get a

Hack out another love letter?

But you deserve better, babe

[Chorus]

The hardest thing for me

Is true simplicity

It's the only thing that's good enough for you

[Verse 2]

Every day I wake up later

I'm afraid to face the sun

I wanna hide from everyone

Memory is bitter

Tell myself I'm no quitter

But the gold no longer glitters, babe

[Chorus]

The hardest thing for me

Is true simplicity

It's the only thing that's good enough for you

[Bridge]

Blood in a bucket

No rhyme, mainline, sunshine

And it's the nearest this boy's been to joy

And I do believe, I shall believe

I shall be free

On the day you say you need me, need me, need me, yeah

[Verse 3]

I push the doorknob to the booze

I might try out for the blues

Aching and lonely

What does it take to telephone me?

I'm much too close to breaking

[Bridge]

But I do believe, I shall believe

I shall be free

On the day you say you need me, need me, need me, yeah

Yeah, yeah

[Chorus]

The hardest thing for me

Is true simplicity

It's the only thing that's good enough for you

The hardest thing for me

Is true simplicity

It's the only thing that's good enough for you

Yeah, yeah