Every night I read this novel about you 
Holding roses in the pouring rain 
But the ending's tore up, trying to hail a cab 
Think no one can read you, but I can 
Well we move into a house down on Cherry Lane 
And watch the world go by 
Am I'm missing a page 
I wanna be the one who walks you home 
Who walks you home tonight 
Staring into her eyes and then try and explain it 
But it's written in a language that was meant to fuck you up 
And I can never get close enough 
But I lie 
But I lie down on her pillow 
And you feel like you was going away 
Going away when you got no place to go 
But back in her arms lying on her pillow 
Curled up with a book down on Cherry Lane 
The glass it hits the floor and you're walking away 
But I wanna be the one who walks you home 
Who walks you home anyway 
Stare into her eyes and then try to explain it 
Try to explain it away 
I wanna be the one who walks you home 
Who walks you home tonight 
Stare into her eyes and then try to explain it 
Try to explain it away 
But that shit just fucks you up 
And I can never get close enough 
I can never get close 
I can never get close enough 
I can never get close enough to you