Never Loved a Woman

Fourteen years old is too old to have your heart ripped out
Cause you'll always remember it
Cause by then you know how much it's gonna mean
How much it's gonna change forever
I was in a play
The critics gave me raves
But you said you saw right through me
You knew me too well to take me seriously
And that nearly drove me nuts
You were the only one who said that
What did you expect from me
What could I have done differently
Swimming at the YMCA
Gazing at you with your shirt off
And your tummy that looked so soft
Candy necklace hanging down your chest
Your hand is resting quite close to mine
Saying come on the water's fine

And now it's twenty years later
And I have had a girlfriend or a few
But I cry at night to my creator
Cause I've never loved a woman
Never loved a woman like I loved you

Staring contest with the devil himself
Did you know that he lives in my bathroom mirror
And I don't know who I can tell
Who would pull me out of hell
Who could help me face this fear
It's who I am inside
It's what I'm gonna be
For the rest of my life
Yours eternally
You trusted me with secrets
I never told a soul
So how's about you give me back the young man's heart you stole
You were walking home with the cute redhead
Who half the world had their eyes upon
But that wasn't where mine were drawn
Sleeping over at your best friend's house
We can stay up and watch TV
But we have to watch quietly

And in that town I am still welcome
But I wonder what they'd think if they knew
Sometimes I wanna call them all and tell them
That I've never loved a woman
Never loved a woman like I loved you

Oh honesty
You're gonna be the death of me
I could never approach you now
Cause what on earth would I say
The entire world around us changed
And it's not gonna slow back down
On the day you moved I was in denial
I chased your car til you were gone
That didn't take long
Nothing came of it
We didn't keep in touch
I do the best I can not to think about you much
But your name is on the tip of my tongue
The consonants just
Just light me up
Do you want me to spell it out
Whispering the words in each other's ears
Watching it in my memory
I am shocked at the intimacy

And I don't know much about life
But I can tell you something true
I could never take a wife
Cause I've never loved a woman
Never loved a woman like I loved you