I need an opening line, but I'm not much of a Lincoln
I want to break up the ice, but I'm too much of a chicken
I want to write you a message, but I'm not much of a Dickens
I want to build a connection, but I can't find you on linked in
I've got explosive emotions, and I'm secretly hoping
That you'll ghost me and mostly we'll only leave it unspoken
I clear my throat and I'm choking, I'm frozen as I'm approaching
Too late, I'm burning the boats, all for a simple "hello"?
Because I only want to be a gentleman, a gentleman, a gentleman, oh
Even if you think you've never met, you've never met, you've never met one
I only want to be a gentleman, a gentleman, a gentleman, oh
Even if I know I've never been, I've never been, I've never been one
I try to carefully listen, but I'm picking up static
I feel my confidence sinking, just like I'm on the titanic
And I'm afraid of aquatics, I'm slipping into the deep end
I'm in a bit of a panic, wait for the Xanax to kick in
I think I'm going bananas, like I'm George and I'm curious
And I've got my advantage, don't want to blow it, Vesuvius
And I don't understand it, wish it could be like the movies,
Inhaling like I'm asthmatic, I'll try to say something smoothly
Because I only want to be a gentleman, a gentleman, a gentleman, oh
Even if you think you've never met, you've never met, you've never met one
I only want to be a gentleman, a gentleman, a gentleman, oh
Even if I know I've never been, I've never been, I've never been one
I'm glitching and stuttering like a machine and I'm
Twitching from running on triple caffeine cause I'm
Sipping espresso like it's gasoline and I'm
Boiling over, my engine is steaming I'm
So overheated, a missile could seek me I'm
Red in the cheeks, like I'm catching a fever I'm
Radioactive, I'm melting completely I'm
Hearing the beats, like my chest is a speaker I'm
I'm overreacting, I don't know the chemistry
Think you're attracted, but can't read your energy
I got distracted, you looked at me differently,
Laughed, and I panicked and missed what you said to me...
But I only want to be a gentleman, a gentleman, a gentleman, oh
Even if you think you've never met, you've never met, you've never met one
I only want to be a gentleman, a gentleman, a gentleman, oh
Even if I know I've never been, I've never been, I've never been one