I don't want to talk about it to you I'm not an open book that you can rifle through The cold hard truth that you'll see right to I'm just basket case without you He's not a magic man or a perfect fit But had a steady hand and I got used to it And a glass cage heart and invited me in And now I'm just a basket case without him You're begging for the truth So I'm saying it to you I've been saving your place And what good does it do Now I'm just a basket case Now I'm just a basket case I don't say much and it'll stay that way You got a steel train touch and I'm just a track you lay So I'll stay right here underneath you I'm just a basket case and that what we do You're begging for the truth So I'm saying it to you I've been saving your place And what good does it do Now I'm just a basket case Won't somebody come on in and tug at my seams Oh, send your armies in of robbers and thieves To steal the state I'm in I don't want it anymore You're begging for the truth So I'm saying it to you I've been saving your place And what good does it do Now I'm just a basket case Now I'm just a basket case Now I'm just a basket case Now I'm just a basket case