Listen

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 .