Verse:
              Dm
That wasn't funny
           Am                  Bb         C
But she laughed so hard, she almost cried
                   Dm                   Am
They're countin' months they've been together
         Bb       C
Almost forty-nine
             Dm               Am             Bb      C
He's making fun of how she acted around the holidays
             Dm                  Am                Bb         C
She wears a ring, but they tell people that they're not engaged
             Dm           Am          Bb     C
They met in class for metaphysical philosophy
               Dm
He tells his friends I like her
  Am                    Bb           C
'Cause she's so much smarter than me
                Dm                  Am         Bb    C
They're having talks about their futures until 4 AM
              Dm      Am                   Bb C
And I'm happy for them (I'm happy for thеm)
 
Chorus:
    Bb                      C
But I wanna feel all that love and emotion
Dm                        F          Am
Be that attachеd to the person I'm holdin'
     Bb                  C                Dm
Some day I'll be falling, without caution
                F Am                 Bb 
But for now I'm only people watchin'
 
Verse 2:
              Dm
I'm only looking
        Am               Bb         C
just to live through you vicariously
            Dm             Am
I've never really been in love,
    Bb       C
not seriously
          Dm           Am             Bb        C
I had a dream about a house behind a picket fence
            Dm                Am                Bb         C
Next one I choose to trust, I hope I use some common sense
      Dm         Am        Bb        C
But I cut people out like tags on my clothin'
  Dm           Am       Bb            C
I end up all alone, but I still keep hopin'
 
Chorus:
    Bb                      C
But I wanna feel all that love and emotion
Dm                        F          Am
Be that attachеd to the person I'm holdin'
     Bb                  C                Dm
Some day I'll be falling, without caution
                F Am                 Bb 
But for now I'm only people watchin'
 
Bridge:
Dm         Am       Bb         C
Cut people out like tags on my clothin'
Dm           Am       Bb            C
I end up all alone, but I still keep hopin'
Dm           Am      Bb          C
I won't be scared to let someone know me
Dm           Am             Bb          C
Life feels so monotone, but I still keep hopin'
Dm         Am       Bb         C
Cut people out like tags on my clothin'
Dm           Am       Bb            C
I end up all alone, but I still keep hopin'
Dm           Am      Bb          C
I won't be scared to let someone know me
Dm           Am             Bb          C
Life feels so monotone, but I still keep hopin'
nc 
I feel love emotion
 
Chorus:
    Bb                      C
But I wanna feel all that love and emotion
Dm                        F          Am
Be that attachеd to the person I'm holdin'
     Bb                  C                Dm
Some day I'll be falling, without caution
                F Am                 Bb 
But for now I'm only people watchin'