Lyrics
There are people
And they are publishing my book
And there's a party that they're throwing
And while you've made it very clear that you're not going
I will be going
And that's done
But what's it really about
Is it really about a party Cathy
Can we please for a minute stop blaming
And say what you feel
Is it just that you're disappointed
To be going again to Ohio
Did you think this would all be much easier
Than it's turned out to be
Well then talk to me Cathy
Talk to me
If I didn't believe in you
We'd never have gotten this far
If I didn't believe in you
And all of the ten thousand women you are
If I didn't think you could do
Anything you ever wanted to
If I wasn't certain that you'd come through somehow
The fact of the matter is Cathy
I wouldn't be standing here now
If I didn't believe in you
We wouldn't be having this fight
If I didn't believe in you
I'd walk out the door and say
Cathy you're right
But I never could let that go
Knowing the things about you I know
Things when I met you four years ago I knew
It never took much convincing
To make me believe in you
Don't we get to be happy Cathy
At some point down the line
Don't we get to relax
Without some new tsuris
To push me yet further from you
And if I'm cheering on your side Cathy
Why can't you support mine
Why do I have to feel
I've committed some felony
Doing what I always swore I would do
I don't want you to hurt
But hey
I don't want you to sink
But you know what I think
I think you'll be fine
Just hang on and you'll see
But don't make me wait till you do
To be happy with you
Will you listen to me
No one can give you courage
No one can thicken your skin
I will not fail so you can be comfortable Cathy
I will not lose because you can't win
If I didn't believe in you
And and year's where the travelogue ends
If I didn't believe in you
I couldn't have stood before all of our friends
And said This is the life I choose
This is the thing I can't bear to lose
Trip us or trap us but we refuse to fall
That's what I thought we agreed on Cathy
If I hadn't believed in you
I wouldn't have loved you at all
And they are publishing my book
And there's a party that they're throwing
And while you've made it very clear that you're not going
I will be going
And that's done
But what's it really about
Is it really about a party Cathy
Can we please for a minute stop blaming
And say what you feel
Is it just that you're disappointed
To be going again to Ohio
Did you think this would all be much easier
Than it's turned out to be
Well then talk to me Cathy
Talk to me
If I didn't believe in you
We'd never have gotten this far
If I didn't believe in you
And all of the ten thousand women you are
If I didn't think you could do
Anything you ever wanted to
If I wasn't certain that you'd come through somehow
The fact of the matter is Cathy
I wouldn't be standing here now
If I didn't believe in you
We wouldn't be having this fight
If I didn't believe in you
I'd walk out the door and say
Cathy you're right
But I never could let that go
Knowing the things about you I know
Things when I met you four years ago I knew
It never took much convincing
To make me believe in you
Don't we get to be happy Cathy
At some point down the line
Don't we get to relax
Without some new tsuris
To push me yet further from you
And if I'm cheering on your side Cathy
Why can't you support mine
Why do I have to feel
I've committed some felony
Doing what I always swore I would do
I don't want you to hurt
But hey
I don't want you to sink
But you know what I think
I think you'll be fine
Just hang on and you'll see
But don't make me wait till you do
To be happy with you
Will you listen to me
No one can give you courage
No one can thicken your skin
I will not fail so you can be comfortable Cathy
I will not lose because you can't win
If I didn't believe in you
And and year's where the travelogue ends
If I didn't believe in you
I couldn't have stood before all of our friends
And said This is the life I choose
This is the thing I can't bear to lose
Trip us or trap us but we refuse to fall
That's what I thought we agreed on Cathy
If I hadn't believed in you
I wouldn't have loved you at all