Shyness

Sometimes I feel that you must know everything
But mostly I know a man is always a man
And though you've taken the time to understand the things of the heart
And though he cares only about one thing
I know a man is a man is a man is a man
No matter how many lines he has on his face

Don't be so shy
Locked up in your mind
What will it take
To make you happy
What will you find
In a house with drawn blinds
Come out of your shell
And start to live your life

For me it's all or nothing
Either selfishness or sensitivity
Open to the feelings of those around me
Or enclosed in a walled garden of my own making
Indifferent to the world
I am drawn to your experience
As if it were my only connection
With the land of the living

One day I will meet you maybe
On the day the shy will meet the shy
Til' then I'll be a baby
Incommunicado draw the blind

Don't be so shy
Locked up in your mind
What will it take
To make you happy
What will you find
In a house with drawn blinds
Come out of your shell
And start to live your life

He's younger than you
And I love him with a physical love
As if possessed by something which in the end
Will estrange me I know from myself
And so as time goes by I become less shy
And my hands have hardened against these thorns

Don't be so shy
Locked up in your mind
What will it take
To make you happy
What will you find
In a house with drawn blinds
Come out of your shell
And you'll be happy
What will you find
In a house with drawn blinds
Don't be so shy
And you'll be happy

Here in your mind
It's a house with drawn blinds
Come out of your shell
And start to live again