Verce
When I ask you to listen to me ,
And you start giving advice ,
You have not done what I asked .
When I ask you to listen to me and ,
You begin to tell me why I shouldn't
Feel that way , you are trampling on
My feelings
When I ask you to listen to me and
You feel you have to do something
To solve my problem, you have failed me ,
Strange as that may seem.
Chorus
Listen all I asked was that you listen ,
Not talk or do , just hear me
Verse
Advice is cheap , twenty five cents
will get you both Dear Abby and Billy Graham in the newspaper.
And I can do that myself,
I'm not helpless
Maybe discouraged and faltering ,
But not helpless.
When you do something for me
That I can and need to do for myself
You contribute to my fear and weakness .
Chorus
Listen all I asked was that you listen ,
Not to talk or do . Just hear me ...
Verse
But when you accept as a simple fact that I do feel what I feel , no matter how irrational , it may seem easier for me to
Quit trying to convince you and I can get about the business of understanding what's behind the seemingly irrational feeling.
And when that's clear the answers are obvious and I don't need advice.
Feelings make sense and are respectable ,
When we understand what's behind them .
Perhaps why prayer works , sometimes for some people , is because God is mute and
Doesn't give advice , or try to fix things..
Those who care enough to just listen, communicate that they have faith that
That you can work things out for yourself .
So please listen and just hear me and if
You want to talk , wait a minute for your turn , and I'll listen to you .
Chorus
Listen, all I asked is that you listen , not talk , or do, just hear me .
