One More Thing Than I Can Handle

Between the look and the look away
I saw paragraph on paragraph of wanting
Written in the space around your eyes
And the corners of your smile
Between the look and the look away
I heard louder than the bells of a cathedral
Everything you wish that you could ask
If we only were alone
If we only could be sure that your wife would never know
But that’s one more thing than I can handle
One more cross than I can bear
God, you’re beautiful
God, it would be easy to say yes
But that’s one more thing than I can handle
It’s one more way I mustn’t care
Take me like a photograph
Put me in a drawer beside your fantasies
And leave me there
Leave me there
Between the look and the look returned
I made hundreds of frenetic calculations
Measuring the distance to my dream
The light inside the bar
The force beneath your arms
What I’d say if we got caught
But that’s one more thing than I can handle
It’s more choice that isn’t fair
God, you’re beautiful
God, it would be nice to aquiesce
If only, if only it weren’t one more thing than I can handle
It’s one more never answered prayer
Close me like a bank account
Drop me at the bottom of your memories
And leave me there
Leave me empty, leave me dry
Leave me hanging on a branch to rot
You might be strong enough, you might be strong enough
But I’m not
I’m not
It’s just one more thing than I can handle
One more cross than I can bear
God, you’re beautiful
God, it would be easy to say
If only, if only, if only
If only it weren’t one more thing than I can handle
One more castle in the air
Hide me like an accident, watch me walk away
Light me in the window of your couldhavebeens
And leave me there
Leave me there
You’re just one more thing
You’re just one more thing
Just one more thing than I can handle
One more thing, one more thing
One more thing than I can handle