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Let me be the one

I've seen the way
they treated you.
I've heard all the mean things
that thye've said to you.
I've seen and heard it all
and it kills me inside to know
that you'll be crying yourself
to sleep tonight.
But, everytime I get close to you
you push me away like all the others
because your afraid to let your heart open
to only be crushed again.


But, girl please I'm begging you.
Let me be...

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