I don't just need you—I don't just want you I can't put what I'm feeling into words Every time I'm with you I try to tell you I wanna say it in a way you've never heard [Chorus] But if you let me hold you—I can show you More than anything I'd whisper in your ear With my hands, with my lips With my tender fingertips-- Come over here I ain't no poet—I ain't no Shakespeare So who am I to try to outdo that
Sweet love letters wouldn't be no better Ink on paper just ain't where it's at [Chorus] But if you let me hold you--I can show you What nothing I could write you would come near With my hands, with my lips With my tender fingertips Come over here [Bridge] Baby—don't get me wrong If I could I'd sweet talk you all day long [Repeat First Chorus] If you let me hold you…