Last Gentlemen - Wish You Were Shy lyrics

If I could have in my fingertips What;s on the tip of my tongue I'd just speak your name and sweep you away I'd want to take you today (but) there's a social religion That stands as our division So I sit and I pray That before I get the nerve no one will take you away Oh I wish you were shy just like me But I can't even look you in the eye I wish you were shy But if you were We might never be together I strain for your attention Can't we forget about convention I've read all the books Please can't you read my mind You might like what you'll find I know I Shouldn't talk just to myself If I Could only get past the first word Oh I don't know