I play on the black keys where I don't have to worry much   It's already hard enough to sing a song about this   Some people try the white keys but the thinking hurts my head    So I move back here instead and it comes easier      And you know why you're the one who's on the greiving end   And just wave goodbye and wonder if you'll ever breathe again   That's why      I play on the black keys when it already takes my best    To pretend that this big mess isn't happening   I play on the black keys so I can close my eyes    Ty to picture you beside me singing harmonies      And you know why    One day I will try and explain it all   And if you dont mind I'd like some time to try and play it all      If I ever thought it would come to this   The bleeding and the pleading   Then I would've tried to say it better   Better      In my every thought I cherished you    And I mean it    Yeah    I mean it   Now I still think I hear you pulling in   You're pulling in      But you wouldn't know why    'Cause you're the one who's on the leaving end    Then you wave goodbye    If you saw me cry would you believe me then      That's why   I   I      And I   I   I      And I   I   I      I play on the black keys   Yeah