You Won't Believe

How would you know unless I told you
How could you care if I locked it away
A song and dance is all I'll deliver
It's what I do, it's just my way

The time I've spent, the years in their passing
So many lessons, some passed on by
What falls on me, I might not listen
If I did it again, I might change my tune

A basic story, nothing to provoke
Pat answers, to all that you ask
It's not that I am trying to put one over
I can't be bothered with the probing task at hand

Too many times I've made the mistake
I've jumped the gun, and cut to the chase
I don't want to say something wrong
You mean too much to me, so I have learned to pace