Don't Have to Try

You can wear that pretty dress
Put that lipstick on
However you change
Don't have to prove you're the one
Be the rebel that you are
Running free and wild
Spin that old record, sing those songs like a child

Now you don't have to tell the sun when to rise
You don't have to tell the stars how to shine
You don't have to say, I love you so
I know by the look in your eyes
You don't have to try
You don't have to try

I could read you my rights
Confess all my wrongs
I could tell you my secrets and all the stupid things I've done
Could send you all the red roses
And jewels by the ton
But you'll whisper in my ear, say we've got more than enough

Now you don't have to tell the world how to spin
You don't have to say how it ends or begins
You don't have to say, I love you so
I know by the look your eyes
You don't have to try
You don't have to try
You don't have to try
You don't have to try

We could promise each other
We'll always be true
But there ain't no promise
I won't break for you

Sometimes I'm a fool
Sometimes I think too much
But when I hear you laugh, it gets me out of the rut
I know you've carried the hurt
Love's been and gone
But all I've ever seen is a woman so strong

Now you don't have to tell the sun when to rise
You don't have to tell the days from the nights
You don't have to say, I love you so
I know by the look in your eyes
Like the moon loves the tide
We don't have to try
We don't have to try
Don't have to try
You don't have to try