Let Me Up

Work 20 years and they'll take care of you
They'll buy you a diamond, they'll send you on a cruise
Give it all your money, give it all your time
Then wake up one morning and wonder why

Let me up
I've had enough

I believe you baby, i know you wouldn't lie
Like a dog won't bark, like a bird won't fly
Yeah pretty little baby, you're a weapon with eyes
I know what you want, but it's a surprise
Let me up--i've had enough

Yeah, yeah, bet honest with me
Honey am i what you thought i would be

You tell me you love me baby, you'll be true
I want to believe you, but i don't know why i do
I woke up this mornin', there was a car in the drive
I didn't recognize it, who was that guy?

Let me up
I've had enough

I believe you baby, i know you wouldn't lie
Like a dog won't bark, like a bird won't fly
Yeah pretty little bab y, you're a weapon with eyes
I know what you want, but it's a surprise
Let me up--i've had enough

Yeah, yeah, yeah, i tell ya, this is not
A question of humility here

If he don't wanna talk
Leave him alone
If he don't wanna talk
Leave him alone
He's a self-made man, he did it on his own

Now some folks say there' s a dangerous side
Some folks say he's got a danger side
He's a self-made man, he knows about pride

So help me baby, look what love can do
It scares me baby, does it scare you too?

Some folks say it was a woman he knew
So me folks say it was a woman he knew
He's a self-made man, he knows how to lose

So help me baby, look what love can do
It scares me baby, does it scare you too?

I'm all mixed up, i'm all mixed up about,
All mixed up about you

And no i can't find no reason
To explain the way that i feel
I remember things being clearer
At one t ime things were more real

I'm all mixed up, i'm all mixed up about,
All mixed up about you

I'm not lookin' for sympathy
I'm just frightened by this apathy
Like footsteps way in back of me
On a narrow street of stone
And if time will answer all questions
Then perhaps a film will be shown
Everyone could mail-order tickets
Yeah, you could sell a lot of shirts
For the last picture show

I'm all mixed up, i'm all mixed up about,
All mixed u p about you

Wel l, it can get you in the back boy
Or you can lie around in roses
Or maybe walk around wonderin'
You know, goin' through the motions

Hey ain't love strange?
Hey ain't love strange?
Boy talk about changes
Ain't love strange?

'cause it can make you string barb-wire
Around your little piece of ground
For emotional protection
Oh, but it's too late now

Hey ain't love strange?
Hey ain't love strange?
Boy talk about changes
Ain't love stra nge?

Some keep tryin' it, giving and denying it
And i don't know why it is i guess you never quit
Tryin' to make sense of it

'cause it can feel like perfection,
But never all the time
And you don't wanna be alone again
Oh my, my

Hey ain't love strange?
Hey ain't love strange?
Boy talk about changes
Ain't love strange?

They came this mornin' with a dog on a chain
They came and took my little brother away
His generation never even got a name
My momma was a rocker way back in ´53
Buys them old records that they sell on t.v.
I know chuck berry wasn't singin' that to me

Mama,
That's all right, it's your world
Hey, this is my life
She's my girl
My li fe / your world

I watch that fortune wheel
But never get to spin it
You made me promises, i don't think you meant it
If there's some sunshine baby
I'm gonna get out in it, oh yeah

Mama,
That's all right, it's your wor ld
Hey, this is my life
She's my girl
My life / your world

I tried to leave, but the traffic had been stopped
The beach was burnin', and someone was
Throwin' rocks
They said an airplane had
Fallen in my block

Mama,
That's all right, it's your world
Hey, this is my life
She's my girl
My life / your world

Well i wish i had a dollar
For every piece of m y broken heart
Yeah if they gave out a quarter
For every thread of my shattered life
Baby you'd make me a millionaire
But it wouldn't repair

The damage you've done
The damage you've done
The damage you've done to me

Well i wish i was a bluebird
Honey, i'd just fly away
And look down over my shoulder
At the country down below
Baby you could make a king
It wouldn't mean a thing
Compare the damage

The damage you've done
The damage you've done
The damage you've done to me

Well i wish i knew you better
I wish i was close to you
Then maybe i would understand exactly what
I never did do, honey what's wrong?
What's wrong?

Well i wish you kinda liked me,
I wish you'd spare my pain
Why do you want to destroy me baby?
What did i do wrong?
Baby i could be a millionaire
And i wouldn't care, after the damage. . .

The damage you've done
The damage you've done
The dam age you've done to me