Kid Pan Alley: Music
If You Can't Love Yourself (from I Used to Know the Names of All the Stars)
I’ve moved seven times in the last five years
It’s time to stop- can’t we just stay here?
I need a couple of friends and a hiding place
I need to be somewhere where people know my name
Sometimes my parents say we gotta move
‘Cause we hear gun shots in the afternoon
Let’s stop the violence – it just ain’t cool
We gotta love one another — that’s the golden rule
I want to sing about how I love my family and friends
But I gotta love myself or I can’t love them
That’s what this song is talking about
Without love in your heart you can’t give it out
I often wonder why we can’t get along
Why the first thing we reach for’s a gun not a song
No one’s right y’all if no one’s left
Violence is a crazy way to get respect
I want to sing about how I love my family and friends
But I gotta love myself or I can’t love them
That’s what this song is talking about
Without love in your heart you can’t give it out
I want to sing about how I love my family and friends
But I gotta love myself or I can’t love them
That’s what this song is talking about
Without love in your heart you can’t give it out
Without love in your heart you can’t give it out
Without love in your heart you can’t give it out