I keep on churning away, but pay no mind
You don't know nothing 'bout me but that's alright

I tell you true that I'll be there and that's for sure
You got to let me go everywhere, let me through that door
Let me through that door

You say you got a bee in your bonnet
You know for every sting there's a cure
But don't you put your finger right on it
You'll only make it hurt all the more

I doubt if you'll be liable to read it in the bible
But I ain't going to say any more

You can't build enough in a row but don't kid yourself
You gotta know they're all insane
They goin' ridin' on the range
Don't need no hi-fly strutter
Go babe, you're driving me crazy

You got a new shining beau
It don't pay to love
It don't pay to love

You say you got a bee in your bonnet
You know for every sting there's a cure
But don't you put your finger right on it
You'll only make it hurt all the more

I doubt if you be liable
To read it in the bible
I ain't going to say any more

Well there you go blaming yourself
There you go hiding so deep in your shell
You better not cry when your baby comes home
Yeah you know she's going to find out somehow

You're having a breakdown right here and now
I guess you don't know where you're headed for now
It's OK... you're going to live to see another day

Lie, cheat, and beg, borrow, steal
Gotta find a way to be real
Show me something I ain't seen before
We're gonna make it through that door

You may be in love and love it's true
But it's a romance that you can't use
Give me something and take it away
Gonna get it right some day
You gonna get it right some day

You say you got a bee in your bonnet
You know for every sting there's a cure
But don't you put your finger right on it
You'll only make it hurt all the more

I doubt if you be liable
To read it in the bible
I ain't going to say any more

But there you go blaming yourself
And there you go hiding
So deep in your shell
You better not cry when your baby comes home

And you know she's going to find out somehow
You're having a breakdown right here and now
I guess you don't know where you're heading for now
It's OK..... you're going to live to see another day

Well there you go blaming yourself
There you go hiding so deep in your shell
You better not cry when your baby comes home
Yeah you know she's going to find out somehow

You're having a breakdown right here and now
I guess you don't know where you're headed for now
It's OK... you're going to live to see another day


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