The Way That I Need You

C F 3x C F C He’s the deflated balloon wrapped around your gait F C G Cut priced to clear a past to “sell by a date” C F Am G He’ll be fool running through the church screaming out “it’s not too late” G C When he does, I know that you’ll wait C F C He’s the drunk man with bad breath coming on too strong F C G He’s the beauty queen that strings your heart along C F Am G And he’ll answer every question in your new-age magazine wrong G C But I know you’ll love him strong F C So I’m leaving before there’s nothing to believe in G C I’m just craving for a love I never knew F Please don’t go misreading me C I’m not saying you’ve been misleading me G F C Just not needing me the way that I need you C F3x C F C He’s the elephant in the room that never speaks F C G But you dream about him every two weeks (*=Strum Once) C F G Am I wouldn’t know his name, but you call it in your sleep G C Oh I know you love him deep C F C So run back to him like you should F C G I guess I always knew that you would C F Am F (Hold) For he’s captured your heart in a way I never could G C So go on and love him good F C So I’m leaving before there’s nothing to believe in G C I’m just craving for a love I never knew F I’m the stray cat you keep feeding C You’re the book I can’t stop reading G F C But the tides are receding that it’s true F So please don’t go misreading me C I’m not saying you’ve been misleading me, G F Am CMaj7 G Just not needing me the way that I need you C F C Just not needing me the way that I need you F C 3x