Don't Want To Call You

I don't want to call you baby
because I don't love like a child
I'm not going to spoon feed you my story
or clean up your messes
I'm not going to hold you when I'm hurting
and lose sleep over your demands
I don't want to call you baby
because I don't want to love you like a child

I won't call you sweetie
Because sugarcoated nothings will still mean nothing
promises dipped in chocolate will still cause cavities
space between us filled with lies and rot
lollipop lies still make me sick
sucrose saturated statements
soon made profane by the pretense of affections
delicious confections made sour