How many ways do you have
To show me you care?
The way you trace my lips with your fingers
The way you twirl and mess with my hair,
The way you stroke my cheek
With the back of your hand,
The way you know when something's the matter
Without me even asking you to understand.
The way you nuzzle your nose against mine
The warmth of your breath on my face,
The way when I'm with you there's never enough time
The way when I'm alone all I want to be is in your space,
The way you put your arm round me
Tenderly wrapped round my waist,
The way we've coped despite what's happened
Together it we've faced.
The way you whisper in my ear
One hundred and one ways to wipe away those tears,
The way you've listened when I've poured my heart out
The way you haven't reacted to me
When at you I scream and shout,
The way you look at me and tell me straight
What needs to be done,
The way you come over and calm me down
Already knowing what's wrong.
The way you put your hand over my eyes
Tell me to hold out my own because for you I've got a surprise,
Then I feel my body matching yours
My present's a hug from you, of course,
The way you let me fall asleep
Against your chest,
The way I don't need to open my mouth to speak
And ask you if it's all right, when I don't have any energy left.
The way you let me see you
With your guards up as well as down,
The way you let me help you when you're vulnerable
Picking you up off the ground,
The way when I'm grouchy, moody, irritating
And a total grump,
When I snap at you you always laugh it off
And never get the hump.
The way you've stuck with me
And I've stuck with you,
When we're both impossible to put up with
Me even more so than you,
The way I don't care what I'm doing
So long as I'm by your side,
Whether it's washing the dishes or having arguments
I know the million of laughs we've had have outdone
The times we've both cried and cried.
The way you make me giggle
Tickling me until I'm a useless wreck,
The way you plant soft kisses on my shoulder
As well as my neck,
The way you make me cackle
Until I nearly wet myself,
The way you always make me laugh even more
By impersonating me and everyone else.
The way I can share anything with you
Whether it's family troubles or money woes,
Worries about friends or even girly problems
Though I know it makes you secretly squirm
When I talk about those,
The way you're my teacher
Like my brother
And my closest, bestest friend,
The way you're sometimes my preacher
The way you do seriously drive me up the wall
And round the banana bend.
The way you accept me for who I am
You love the good and the bad,
Believe me, there is more of the latter
Not to mention a side that's purely mad,
The way you'll flirt with a flannel
If there's no one else around,
Yet it's usually me you try your new corny pick-up lines on
My scornful snorts the only intelligible sound.
The way you aggravate me, winding me up like a corkscrew
Just so you can soothe me with a kiss,
The way if I haven't seen you for more than a day
I've got an ache where you I've missed,
The way you're so funny, a first class wit
Camping it up, painting your nails, pretending you're gay,
Because you're so gorgeous and obviously straight
Is your favourite trick to play.
The way you tell me I'm beautiful
Even if my hair's dirty and I'm wearing baggy, oversized jeans,
The way you show me complete respect
The way you're unpredictable and romantic
I don't know what you're going to do next,
The way it's not you-and-me, just us
A perfect dream team.
The way when I think I can't do it any more
When I've given up hope, when I've cracked,
You hold me close, you hold me tight
Lighting me up again
The way you're my one and only star
Forever beaming bright,
The way you're so strong
Physically as well as emotionally,
The way you're like an uplifting song
Always singing ever devotionally.
The way no one else does it
Quite like you do it for me,
Even if Brad Pitt and David Tennant were fighting
About who was going to take me out for tea
I 'd say no way, because all I would want
Is you, for you're all I see,
The way if I'm out of it
You somehow manage to reach me,
You get me to trust you, to open up to you
I know you'll never leave me,
Even when I don't, even when no one else does
You're always the one who believes in me.
The way you treat me like a lady
Always more, but nothing less,
The way I ask you questions and you answer maybe
Mouth twitching, eyebrows bunching
Purposefully acting as if you're deaf,
The way you're my rock
Sure and steadfast,
The way whatever we do so long as we're together
We always have an almighty blast.
The way I can't help how much I care
The fact I adore, admire and cherish you utterly
So much so that I don't have any love spare,
The way you say it's not about the destination
It's about the ride,
The way I wouldn't want to travel with anyone but you
The way when I'm with you I can't hide,
The way I can't tell you any lies
The way if I did you'd know right away
Look into my pools of blue,
And I'd have to look at you
Into your honest chocolate-melting eyes.
The way I feel dizzy when you smile
Especially when you smile at me,
The way you've trusted me to see you everywhere
(Well, everywhere except between
Your waist down to your knee)
The way I've studied every inch of you
I'm sorry, I can't help it,
The way you always manage to squeeze more out of me
Push me beyond what I thought were my limits.
The way if I ever seem blind to you
If I feel like we're drifting apart,
If I'm ever one day lost, just look inside
You'll find a surprise
Because I'll be in your heart.