"Don't Make Me Hold Your Hand" Lyrics

Why won't you let me love you in the best way I know?
We won't go out to dinner, and we won't see a show
You'll know just how I love you when I got you alone

Baby, it's true, I'm–
I'm in love, but I'm too shy

People are voyeurs, darling, one thing on their minds
I hear them whisper, darling, and I feel their eyes
Staring at our affection in a way most unkind

Baby, don't mistake me
I'm in love, oh, but please don't make me

Oh now, baby, please don't make me hold your hand
You don't seem to understand how it makes me feel
When people stop and stare
I swear, there are other ways to show it
Baby, please don't make me hold your hand
There are few things I demand of you
It's the one thing that I just won't do
So don't make me hold your hand

Why won't you let me love you where we'll never be found?
'Way on some distant island or a hole in the ground
No one will see our lovin' and they won't hear a sound

Oh, baby, I can't show it
I'm in love, I'm in love but no one knows it, oh

Now, baby, please don't make me hold your hand
You don't seem to understand how it makes me feel
When people stop and stare
I swear, there are other ways to show it
Baby, please don't make me, don't make me hold your hand
There are few things I demand of you
It's the one thing that I just won't do
So don't make me hold your hand
Don't make me hold your hand
Don't make me hold your hand