I feel your words on my skin
I feel your eyes when I’m walking
And I don’t wanna meet them
In case it gives you a reason
You wish you knew me back then
Back when I was free?
Well am I locked up in chains now?
Did they throw away the key?
Cause
I am not taken, I am given
I am not taken I am given
I am not taken I am given
I am not taken I am given
I walk beside him
I walk beside him
I walk beside him
I walk beside him
You know I’ve got the smile down
Polite and unassuming
But I won’t teach it to my daughter
And she won’t learn it from her father
Cause
I am not taken, I am given
I am not taken I am given
I am not taken I am given
I am not taken I am given
I walk beside him
I walk beside him
I walk beside him
I walk beside him
There’s so many other ways
That we could relate
But you put me in a box
And its only tempting fate
With all the things you sow
I fear you’ll never know
How good It feels to walk beside her, how good it feels to walk beside her
I walk beside him
I walk beside him
I walk beside him
I walk beside him
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