How Can I Tell Him Lyrics - Jens Lekman

It's the morning after 

And we're on a train zigzagging 'cross the countryside 

On our way home from a party 

That turned insane 

He dozes off on my shoulder 

Wakes up suddenly, apologizes 

Looks the other way 

So tell me how 

Tell me how I can tell him I love him 

So tell me how 

The neighbor came a-knocking 

Said she'd call the cops 

He said, "I'll turn down the stereo" 

Pretended to adjust the volume knob 

He's my best friend 

And we can talk about anything 

As long it's about nothing 

As long as it don't cut deeper than the skin 

Tell me how 

Tell me how I can tell him I love him 

So tell me how 

Tell me how I can tell him I love him, so 

Tell me how 

I mean I guess he knows 

Just like I know when he says something funny and I laugh from my belly 

Or when Sandra left him and I held him when he cried 

For a moment he left his guard down and so did I 

But it's so deep within me, the way a man should be 

Passed on through generations of men before me 

A line drawn in the sand to keep us apart 

A rusty, old padlock hanging on our hearts 

So tell me how 

We part ways at the station 

He's got his bike and he rides into the gap 

'Tween day and night 

Before he's gone he shouts, "Later, dude" 

I think, "Yeah 

I love you too"