One, two, three, four Love is such a selfish thing It's always crying, "Me, me, me!" And it's always trying to mess up all my plans And I work real hard to make you understand Yeah, I try my best to help you understand I've been trying over the years to Try and overcome these fears, but Nothing I come up with proves I can And I work real hard to make you understand Yeah, I try my best to help you understand I'm on a train, but I can not rest upon it I'm on a train, but it won't stay on the rails And I've got a sailboat with her name painted on it But I don't know how to sail Someone smarter than me and you Might end up solving a clue or two But could they make it happen with their hands? Can they build it up from nothing with their hands? I could lose my mind just trying to understand Love is such a selfish thing It's always crying, "Me, me, me!" And it's always trying to mess up all my plans And I work real hard to make you understand And I'll try my best to help you understand