Don't tell them That you love them For your own sake Naw, you better bottle it in Don't tell them That you love them For your own sake 'Cause you never know 'Cause you never know when Your heart's gonna break And that's a chance we just can't take You bottled it in You bottled it in You never got back at me when When I most needed it I would say I didn't mind But you done it over and over All the time All the time You better bottle it in Don't tell them That you love them For your own sake 'Cause you never know when Your heart's gonna break And that's a chance you can't take Don't, don't don't don't- dammit When nobody calls you on the phone Don't break your bones over it You'll only leave yourself lonesome to show for it And that's somethin' you can't have I wanted everything but I think that I got only most of it (hello hello hello) But I think that I, I wanted everything Aw yeah, black tongue Booger with a black and the whites of my eyes Black tear running down the sides And black burn the jist of my soul And it was daytime but it was black, black outside So you bottled it in (bottled it in) Don't tell them That you love them (that you love me) For your own sake (for your own sake) 'Cause you never know when (when) Your heart's a-gonna break And that's a chance you just can't take (can't take, hello hello) You bottled it in, never got back Alright When I most needed it Alright Yeah All the time, all the All, all the time But I think that I only got most of it But I think that I only got most of it Yeah I think that I only got most of it And I think that I Saw a bottle of you And I went to bed And in the morning I woke up with a black in the whites of my eyes And a black tongue Dragged down the sides