I'm Just Not Used to Love Like Yours

I'm Just Not Used to Love Like Yours

It seems at quite an early age

My ship had run aground

For they never let me tote the flag

When Assembly Day came round.

When all the kids would choose up sides,

I'd be the last they'd pick,

And when I'd buy Good Humor bars

I'd never get a Lucky Stick.

And so I went all through my childhood

Wondering just what I was made for,

Always getting those players on bubble gum cards

That no one wanted to trade for.

So if I talk too much, my darling,
And repeat things endlessly
And can't abide
To leave your side
Even when I have to pee,
It's simply because
I'm just not used to love like yours.

If I feel nervous and neglected
When you read a magazine,
If I stay mum
When you say "plum"
Pointing to a nectarine,
It's simply because
I'm just not used to love like yours.

If I laugh too hard at the punch line,
And my laughter's beginning to pall,
Especially when the punch line
Wasn't the punch line at all.

If I awake when it's day
And never bring myself to say,
"My darling's a darling who snores",
It's simply because
I'm just not used to love like yours.

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