I learned when I was a young boynYou turn your cheek you get slappednI take the punches I can't slipnAnd I give it right backnEven if I win girl, you know it really won't mean too muchnWhat I want baby most of all is the only thing I can't touchnnnIf I give you my heart would you love me forevernWould you pick up the pieces if I stumble and fallnIf my world falls apart could you keep it togethernIf I can't have you I don't want no one at allnnnJust because I'm so quietnJust because I don't crynThe hardest lesson to learn girlnIs how to take it insidennnThere's leather and jewels to soothe menBut it really isn't what I neednThere's an aching hurt inside of menAnd it's the kind of thing you don't seennnIf I give you my heart would you love me forevernWould you pick up the pieces if I stumble and fallnIf my world falls apart could you keep it togethernIf I can't have you I don't want no one at allnnnNow the years are unwindingnBut I still feel the hurtnI've been fighting my whole lifenFor the privilege to worknnnNow I've stopped and looked around menThere's nobody left to blamenIf I don't have you to hold me girlnAll of my work's in vainnnnIf I give you my heart would you love me forevernWould you pick up the pieces if I stumble and fallnIf my world falls apart could you keep it togethernIf I can't have you I don't want no one at allnn