Planted lemon trees since I was twenty-three Watching, waiting for 'em to grow but still it tasted bittersweet No matter what I did No matter what I did I was hard-headed to the ninth degree Punch and push away anything I thought would make a mess of me That's just what I did That's just what I did Make me die, make me melt You've changed the way I felt With your touch, with your help You took a pessimist and turned me into something else You're all I see in my mind I think I see a lifetime Done holding on to myself You took a pessimist and turned me into something else Painlessly caught in your eyes I think I see a lifetime Done holding on to myself You took a pessimist and turned me into something else You make me believe this ain't no make-believe I stop checking horoscopes to cope with all my misery That's just what you did That's just what you did, yeah Make me die, make me melt You've changed the way I felt With your touch, with your help You took a pessimist and turned me into something else You're all I see in my mind I think I see a lifetime Done holding on to myself You took a pessimist and turned me into something else Painlessly caught in your eyes (in your eyes) I think I see a lifetime (a lifetime) Done holding on to myself (to myself) You took a pessimist and turned me into something else Make me die, make me melt You've changed the way I felt With your touch, with your help You showed me what it means to fall in deep like no one else You're all I see in my mind (in my mind) I think I see a lifetime (a lifetime) Done holding on to myself (to myself) You took a pessimist and turned me into something else Painlessly caught in your eyes (in your eyes) I think I see a lifetime (a lifetime) Done holding on to myself (to myself) You took a pessimist and turned me into something else