She was sixteen and six feet tall
In a crowd of teenagers comin´ out of the zoo
She stumbled started to slip and fall
Teeter-tottered on the top of patent leather shoes
I happened to catch her and said,
"maybe these ruby shoes are a little cumbersome for you"

Maybe for you, now

But not as shaky as I must have seemed
Talkin´ junk through her giggle, little teenage dream
And on the phone I could not compete
My dumb-love fake competence was getting weak
For a sec´ I thought I sounded sweet
But sure ´nough in a gruff, faint voice
I heard myself speak

[Chorus:]
I could stay a while
But sooner or later I´ll break your smile
And I can tell a joke
But one of these days I´m bound to choke
And we could share a kiss
But I feel like I can´t go through with this
And I bet we could build a home
But I know the right thing for me to do
Is to leave you alone

Leave you alone, now

I´m beginning to like you
So you probably won´t get what I´m going to do
I´m walkin´ away from you
It probably don´t make much sense to you
But I´m trying to save you
From all of the things that I´ll probably say or do

I´ll probably do

[Chorus:]
I could stay a while
But sooner or later I´ll break your smile
And I can tell a joke
But one of these days I´m bound to choke
And we might share a kiss
But I feel like a can´t go through with this
And I bet we could build a home
But I know the right thing for me to do
Is to leave you alone

Leave you alone, now

You´ll probably call me a fool
And say I´m doin´ exactly what a coward would do
And I´m beginning to like you
What a shame it´s a lame way to live
But what can I do?
I hope you appreciate what I do

I´m a martyr for my love for you
A martyr for my love for you, now
A martyr for my love for you
A martyr for my love for you