All I Want

A song I wrote years ago.....


All I Want...

All I want is your respect...
Treat me with some tenderness...
Stop your shouting and amend...
Please calm down and be a friend...

All I am, I gave to you...
Through our tie, I have been true...
Gave you all the love I had...
Though at times you made me sad...

Can't you see what you've become...
Someone who, I withdraw from...
Your demands, and temper flair...
Built this wall high in the air...

All I want is your respect...
Treat me with some tenderness...
Appreciate the things I do...
I spend my life just pleasing you...

Can't you feel my loneliness...
I withdraw as you protest...
Shouting loud just deafens me...
Don't hear your words, can't you see...

All I want is your respect...
Treat me with some tenderness...
Change your ways, times running out...
Talk softly to me, please don't shout...

I sacrificed, took care of you...
Stepped aside, you know it's true...
Gave you space to do your own...
Didn't complain, didn't moan...

All I want is your respect...
Treat me with some tenderness...
Show me that you really care...
Be there for me, it's only fair...

All I want,..All I want...

Helen Nastri
2000 Copywriter