I wanna steal your attention like a bad outlaw

The song, containing this lyric keeps coming up in my life lately - the most common version courtesy of Keith Urban. It seems to be a good reminder of the bullshit we tell our 'others' in the height of romance. Like all the other offerings we spill in the guise of infatuation.

I am jaded so don't bother writing. I have had enough proposals, promises and till death do us part. How about some honesty. How about you, me, the bills, the kids, the psycho ex's the whole damn circus of what life is these days.

Why can't we be honest ... it really is hell on earth trying to navigate around the maze that is relationships. I wish that it was romantic. I hope to god fantasy still lives in some part of our minds, souls and hearts .... that we dare to believe that there will be another, that we can be loved, that we are loved.

I gave up waiting for my cowboy a lifetime ago. I hope he hasn't given up on me.

I'm gonna be here for you baby
And I'll be a man of my own word
Speak the language in a voice that you have never heard
I wanna sleep with you forever
And I wanna die in your arms
In a cabin by a meadow where the wild bees swarm

(Chorus:)
And I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you
And I'll earn your trust making memories of us

I wanna honor your mother
And I wanna learn from your paw
I wanna steal your attention like a bad outlaw
And I wanna stand out in a crowd for you
A man among men
I wanna make your world better than it's ever been

Chorus

We'll follow the rainbow
Wherever the four winds blow
And there'll be a new day
Comin' your way
I'm gonna be here for you from now on
This you know somehow
You've been stretched to the limits but it's alright now

And I'm gonna make you this promise
If there's life after this
I'm gonna be there to meet you with a warm, wet kiss
Yes I am

And I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you
And I'll earn your trust makin' memories of us
Ohhh
And I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you baby
And I'll win your trust makin memories of us