**(Song Title: "The More Loving One")** **(Intro)** Yeah... uh... this one's for you... No matter what... I'ma love you, girl... **(Verse 1)** The fire's burnin' low... the evenin''s settin' in... In the quiet of the glow... you start a new book, girl, just to begin... You turn the pages slowly... and deep within your eyes... I see a shadow... of a love that we... could never... truly realize... You read about the ones who loved your pretty face... The gladness and the beauty... your elegance and grace... But somewhere in a line... they never saw the real you... The pilgrim soul I see... the one I hold so true... **(Chorus)** If equal affection... (if it can never be)... Then let the more lovin' one... let it be me... I'll watch your light... from so so far away... And I'll learn to love the darkness... when your light has gone away... Baby, if you can't love me... (can't love me the way I love you)... Then I'll be strong enough... to love for both of us, it's true... I'll be the one... the one who's always here... The more lovin' one... when you need me, I'll be near... **(Verse 2)** I've measured out my life... in silent fears and lonely nights... In coffee spoons and conversations... never gettin' the timing right... I've seen my moment comin'... and watched it slip on by... Too afraid to ask the question... too afraid to even try... can you hear me? The ladies talkin' sweet... 'bout things I'll never know... On the stairs I hesitate... I just can't move, I move too slow... I heard the mermaids singin'... callin' out to me... But I know deep in my heart... they'll never sing for me... no... **(Chorus)** If equal affection cannot ever be... Then let the more lovin' one be me... I'll watch your light from a vast and lonely sky... And learn to loooooove... the dark when you pass by... If you can't return this love I feel... Then let my love for you be real... I'll be the one... yes I will... The more lovin' one... until the end of time... **(Bridge)** So I will stand right here... and I will be the one who cares... Even if it's a lonely road... even if it's a burden that I bear... oh... 'Cause in the choice to love you... without anything in return... A different kind of quiet strength... is something I have to learn... I have to learn... **(Final Chorus)** If equal affection... (can never, ever be)... Then let the more lovin' one... (let it be me)... I'll watch your light... from so so far away... And I'll learn to love the dar-ar-ark... When you pass by... when you pass by... When you pass by... (I'll be here)... when you're not mine... (I'll be here)... The more lovin' one... (the more lovin' one)... Is me... **(Outro)** Yeah... the more lovin' one... Mmm... mmm... mmm... ...for you... always... shhh... -----
