[Intro] Don't get close. mind me, (Yeah), my place. Your eyes won't lie. [Verse 1] OPEN BOOK! you faced me like an, OPEN BOOK! my face told it all, you saw through me Like an, OPEN BOOK! the world may seem forward, you can make it happen, i fell, you looked, at my Face, [Verse 2] my aunt taught me how to shut the lid leave the porch on, but keep my cards hid she said, "talk less, let 'em guess" keep the soft spots under your dress so now i latch up when the room gets loud smile real small, stay off the crowd i learned the lock from the way she moved one hand on the knob, one foot in the groove [Pre-chorus] Like a thumbprint on the glass, like a crease in the spine, Like a lamp on at 3 a.m., You saw right through me Like an,... [Chorus 1] OPEN BOOK! you read me, page by page I left it all out in the open every mark, every line you knew it before I said a word OPEN BOOK! yeah, you knew me too well couldn't keep it on the shelf one look and it's done you had me from the first one (OPEN BOOK) Boo-oo-oo-ook OPEN BOOK! [Bridge] But I ain't open, not anymore I keep the good parts behind a locked door same cover, different story now you don't get every line somehow you can hold it, but you don't own it turn the page slow, you won't know it what you read ain't what I meant [Verse 3] now I leave a little gap in the story save the best part for the morning coffee if you ask too quick, I’ll change the subject half a truth and a shrug, that’s how I’m runnin’ still got your name tucked under my tongue but I don’t hand it out just to anyone you can stare all you want, I won’t fold [Interlude] "You look like an open book," you said, and I lost my line [Chorus 2] OPEN BOOK! you caught me by the frame I kept the corners tucked in still you knew my name before I could clear my throat OPEN BOOK! yeah, you got too close read the parts I tried to hide now I’m shutting the spine you won’t find me in one line (OPEN BOOK) Boo-oo-oo-ook OPEN BOOK! [Chorus 3] mind me, don’t lean in too fast I keep the good stuff out of reach now mind me, I don’t run that open you get a glance, then the screen goes dark same face, different lock on it same tongue, but I don’t hand it over if you want the truth, come slower I’m not a book you can skim and keep mind me, I learned how to close up after all those hands on the cover after all those eyes at the edges I leave the porch on, but the door stays shut you can knock, you can wait you can stay there guessing I’m still here, but you don’t get in mind me, don’t get close [Bridge 2] I stopped leaving the key under the mat quit answering on the second ring back if you come around, bring your patience bring nothing else, I’m not explaining you can hear me laugh through the screen door that don’t mean there’s more to get to I learned my name tastes better unsaid so I keep it tucked where the light don’t tread [Outro] Don't get close. mind me, keep that look off me. I’m not open. not for free. Don't get close.
