"She Said, He Heard"
--Suzy Bogguss & Don Schlitz

They sat at the table, polite conversation, avoiding the issue at hand
Then he made the coffee, and she did the dishes and sat down at the table again
She waited a moment hoping he would speak first, though it never had happened before
He sat there in silence expecting the worst 'til she couldn't wait anymore

She said 'I'm mad,' he heard 'I'm leaving'
She said 'I need your attention,' he heard 'I want you to crawl'
She said 'I'm sad,' he heard 'It's all your fault'
There is no translation, emotions don't fit into words
There's so much between what she said and what he heard

She said 'I love you, that's not the problem, and I know how much you care
But for too long now we've been walking on eggshells, I just had to clear the air'
He looked at her like she was speaking Chinese with some of the letters left out
Try as he may he just didn't know what she was talking about

She said 'I'm mad,' he heard 'I'm leaving'
She said 'I need your attention,' he heard 'I want you to crawl'
She said 'I'm sad,' he heard 'It's all your fault'
There is no translation, emotions don't fit into words
There's so much between what she said and what he heard

Then he started smiling, and she started laughing
They both reached out their hands
She said 'I think we're from two different planets
No wonder we misunderstand'

She said 'I'm mad,' he heard 'I'm leaving'
She said 'I need your attention,' he heard 'I want you to crawl'
She said 'I'm sad,' he heard 'It's all your fault'
There is no translation, emotions don't fit into words
There's so much between what she said and what he heard


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