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I used to know what everything was worth. Put a price on every pleasure on this earth. If I wanted something, I would make it mine. Now for the first time, I just wanna be Yours, not mine. I bought the fast cars. I bought city lights. Bought my way through every "no" I heard in Life. I thought everybody had a price to name. Then you walked in, and you changed the game. I knew how to take, never how to plead. Knew how to leave before somebody could leave me. Now I'm standin' at your door with nothin' left To prove. For the first time in my life, I've got everything to lose. You're the first thing I can't own. The first thing I would change myself to hold. God, I wish that I could be Someone good enough for you to see. There's still a man beneath the gold. I've had everything, but I can't buy you. Can't make you miss me, can't make you want Me too. Can't make your heart beat just because I do. For the first time, money can't pull Me through. I've had everything, But you have no price. You're not a trophy, not a roll of the Dice. And it kills me knowin' something can be True. I can afford the whole damn world, But I can't afford you. Can't afford to lose you, can't afford to make You stay. Love was never something you could own That way. If I really love you, There's one thing I can do: stop tryna make You mine and learn to be yours too. Oh. I'm used to doors opening when I arrive. Used to getting what I want without asking twice. One call, one name, one number on a screen Used to be enough to get me anything. But you don't give a damn what my money Can buy. You don't see the watch, You look straight in my eyes. And you're the first one who has ever made Me scared That if you strip away the things I own, There's nothing there. God, I wish that I could be that man, The kind you'd choose with empty pockets, Empty hands. Not for one night, not pretending, not because I Promised you the moon. Just somebody you'd still want when all the glitter Leaves the room. I'm used to choosing, now the choice is yours. I'm used to leaving, now I'm watching doors. And when you don't call back, I finally know The fear of waking up one morning and knowing You're not here. I've had everything, but I can't buy you. Can't make you miss me, can't make you want Me too. Can't make your heart beat just because I do. For the first time, money can't pull Me through. I've had everything, But you have no price. You're not a trophy, not a roll of the Dice. And it kills me knowin' something can be True. I can afford the whole damn world, But I can't afford you. Take the walls down, I'll stand without them. Take my pride, I'll learn to live without it. Take away the things that made me look so Tall, 'cause for the first time, I don't need Them at all. I don't wanna own you. I don't wanna win. I don't wanna be the richest man Who never let somebody in. I don't wanna be the reason You wear diamonds on your skin. I wanna be the reason For the smile lines on your face when we Grow old and thin. And years from now, When time has taken everything we knew, I hope you never say, "He gave me everything." I hope you say, "He had the whole world in his hands, And still, He never tried to own me too." I used to know what everything was worth. Thought a dollar sign belonged on everything on Earth. Then you came along and taught me something New: the things that matter most are things no Money gets you through. I've had everything. I paid every price. But happiness was never something money buys. And maybe being rich was never having everything. Maybe being rich is finding one thing You would never dare to own, But give everything to keep. So if you ask me what I want from You tonight, I don't want your name. I don't want your life. I don't need to hear you say That you are mine. For the first time in my life, I just wanna be yours.