Learn My Middle Name

Learn my middle name
Come meet the rest of me

You know the jacket that I wear when I'm pretending
You know the story that I tell to get a laugh
You know exactly how to catch me at my loudest
You always know the better angle in a photograph
There's a little letter hiding on my driver's license
You traced it with your finger, then you let it go

Learn my middle name
Tell me something you don't tell for free
If you want the whole of my heart
Come meet the rest of me

Take your time
There's a little more behind the smile

I won a spelling medal back when I was little
Then hid it so the boys would let me play
That laugh you like is something that I got from Auntie
She used it when she couldn't find a kinder thing to say
You asked what I was frightened of; I changed the subject
Then caught myself and asked if we could start again

Learn my middle name
Tell me something you don't tell for free
If you want the whole of my heart
Come meet the rest of me

I can't ask you to find what I keep hiding
I can't call a question love and duck your own
Tell me one thing you thought I'd leave for knowing
I'll tell you mine, and we can take it slow

Learn my middle name
Tell me something you don't tell for free
If you want the whole of my heart
Come meet the rest of me

Learn my middle name

Tell me something you don't tell for free
If you want the whole of my heart
Come meet the rest of me

Learn my middle name

Learn my middle name

Learn my middle name
I'll learn the way you say it
Tell me where your story starts
I've got the evening; take it