I Never Told You

Written by: Doug Scharley

Lyrics © D. R. Scharley Consulting Inc.

I fell in love with you in high school

On the very first day of class

While we were both in the same home room

There could not have been a greater contrast

I was shy and introverted

You were popular and in demand

I was pale and full of red hair

You were blonde and super tanned

I never worked up the courage

To even talk to you at first

I don’t think you knew I existed

I felt that my life had been cursed

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I never told you that I loved you

Afraid it would ruin what we had

I kept waiting for the right moment

My reluctance driving you mad

By the third year we started talking

And I helped you with your homework

You would sometimes confide in me

That your boyfriend was just a jerk

You said that you couldn’t leave him

Because deep down you really cared

But as the months were quickly passing

There were so many things we shared

Our friendship really blossomed

On a field trip to Science World

We connected on a different level

Flirting as our emotions swirled

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I never told you that I loved you

Afraid it would ruin what we had

I kept waiting for the right moment

My reluctance driving you mad

You started hinting that you liked me

And the way that you looked at me changed

I was convinced I misread your signals

Even with the notes we exchanged

You broke up with your cool boyfriend

And waited for me to ask you out

After two weeks without any progress

You lost it and started to shout

“You blew it”, you snarled in anger

Loud enough for the class to hear

“I’m back with Rick again, asshole”

I lost her because of my fear

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I never told you that I loved you

Afraid it would ruin what we had

I kept waiting for the right moment

My reluctance driving you mad

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