[Verse 1] I'm tired of reading everybody else's words love poems in their pockets while mine stay unheard I been giving all my time to everybody else now I'm standin' in this silence talking to myself [Pre-Chorus] O Lord, I forgot what it feels like to be chosen first to be held right [Chorus] Write me a love poem write me a love letter Say my name gently make my night better I don't need perfect I need somebody true Write me a love poem like I'm worth writing to [Verse 2] Twenty-three long years I carried everybody home my mama, my stepdaddy my children, my bones Now the house is empty and the rooms sound cold I got a heart full of giving and a hand full of hold [Pre-Chorus] I was strong so long I forgot my own face kept on pouring out from an empty place [Chorus] Write me a love poem write me a love letter Say my name gently make my night better I don't need perfect I need somebody true Write me a love poem like I'm worth writing to [Bridge] I ain't a babydoll from some pretty screen I ain't no paper queen in a plastic dream I'm real-life worn out but I'm still here with a soft loud heart and a tear in the clear [Chorus] Write me a love poem write me a love letter Say my name gently make my night better I don't need perfect I need somebody true Write me a love poem like I'm worth writing to
