i say i’m fine

don’t know why
i am smiling
don’t know how
i manage to
start to cry
if no one’s around

you don’t know what you’re doing to me
you don’t know what you’re saying to me
you don’t know how much it can hurt
how stupid absurd
how totally useless it is

you don’t know what you’re doing to me
you don’t know what you’re saying to me
i don’t know what you’re going to do
when the time comes
i can’t take it anymore

she’s feeling fine
she’s looking good
she says it’s all right
she knows it’s absurd
but she won’t
won’t waste time

i say it’s all right
she knows it’s not true
she loves what i say
when i feel as i do
i say i’m fine

and it’s not true
i don’t mean what i do
i don’t mean what i say
i just look away
try to hide
the tears i cry
and i don’t know
what i am going to do