Em         G
head under water
         Bm
and they tell me
            D
to breathe easy for a while
Em                 G
but breathing gets harder
     Bm       D
even I know that
Em                G
you made room for me
                     Bm
but it's too soon to see
        D
if I'm happy in your hands
Em      G                 Bm     D
I'm unusually hard to hold on to
Em           D
blank stares at blank pages
G        A
no easy way to say this
Em            D                    G
you mean well,  but you make this hard on me
                          Em
I'm not gonna write you a love song
           A
'cause you asked for it
            D            G
'cause you need one, you see
                          Em
I'm not gonna write you a love song
           A
'cause you tell me it's
         D
make or break in this
          G
if you're on your way
               Em           D
I'm not gonna write you to stay
   Bm                           E
if all you have is leavin' Im'a need a better reason
   G            A            Em  G  Bm  D
to write you a love song today
Em         G
I learned the hard way
         Bm
that they all say
            D
things you wanna hear
Em                 G
and my heavy heart
     Bm       D
sings deep down under you
Em                G
and your twisted words
                    Bm
your help just hurts
       D
you were not what I thought you were
Em     G                 Bm     D
hello to high and dry
Em           D
convinced me to please you
G        A
made me think that I need this too
Em            D                    G
I'm trying to let you hear me as I am
                          Em
I'm not gonna write you a love song
           A
'cause you asked for it
            D            G
'cause you need one, you see
                          Em
I'm not gonna write you a love song
           A
'cause you tell me it's
         D
make or break in this
          G
if you're on your way
               Em           D
I'm not gonna write you to stay
   Bm                           E
if all you have is leavin' Im'a need a better reason
   G            A            Em  G  Bm  D
to write you a love song today
Bm      F#m      G
promise me
                 D     A
you'll leave the light on
Bm         F#m      G
to help me see
                  D      A
with daylight, my guide, gone
Bm          F#             G
'cause I believe there's a way
        A
you can love me because I say
[Chorus]
                           Em
I won't write you a love song
           A
'cause you asked for it
            D            G
'cause you need one you see
                          Em
I'm not gonna write you a love song
           A
'cause you tell me it's make or break in this
         D
is that why you wanted a love song
        G
'cause you asked for it
               Em           D
'cause you need one you see
    Bm                           E
I'm not gonna write you a love song
   G            A            Em  G  Bm  D
'cause you tell me it's make or break in this
if you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to stay
        G
if your heart is nowhere in it
        A
I don't want it for a minute
          Bm
babe I'll walk the seven seas
        E
when I believe that there's a reason
   G           A             Em  G  Bm  D