I've got something to tell you baby
In the arc of a love affair
Lies the point of no return
First you lose your self respect
Then you hide all the hurt
Well, I've been here thinkin'
Long enough to figure out
That a change has got to come
And it's all up to you
Be good or be gone
Love me or leave me baby, leave me alone
Cause I can be real bad baby, all by myself
Umm, one day you're gonna find yourself, by yourself
You see the choice is so simple now
Cause there really is no choice to make
I not gonna let you treat me badly
No, I won't be makin' that mistake
And it's all up to you
Be good or be gone
Love me or leave me baby, leave me alone
Cause I can be real bad baby, all by myself
Umm, one day you gonna find yourself, by yourself
Make a decision, make up your mind
Give me my proper respect and baby, don't ever forget
That a real love is precious and rare
But you've got to be ready to give, and ready to share
It's all up to you
Be good or be gone
Love me or leave me baby, leave me alone
Cause I can be real bad baby, all by myself
Umm, one day you gonna find yourself, by yourself
You pack my bags I feel already gone.....
I've had to watch your silent face moving
around the house,
It's been several days, you can really
shut me out.
I draw up my thoughts to find a way to say
Something mending us, you shrug and then
you turn away.
You pack my bags I feel already gone....
It's like you pushed me with your hand and I
was pointing forward.
I could've been blindfolded and I'd know
where the door was.
I had to step aside, I had to be perfect.
I had to hold your hand, anticipate and second
guess.
And would you wipe it out with that much
distaste,
Take it from your heart, the hands, the lips,
the mouth, the taste.
It is more than hurt I can't communicate.
What you leave me with, the ache, the ache,
the ache.
You pack my bags I feel already gone.
Like the countries that seem to shuffle
into war,
The way it's lining up baby, we've been
here before.
We never took the time for no diplomacy.
How am I supposed to know what you're
not telling me?
When I'm standing here with my rugged choir,
You can't hurt me now I'm holding all the wires.
Calling down to you with a grateful sigh,
Thank you baby, you have sent me high.
You pack my bags I feel already gone....
Already gone, already gone.
Yeah, I'm gone.
You pack my bags and now I'm gone.
Now I'm gone...
Uh, uh, uh...
You, you've got a lot of nerve
I guess you haven't heard
I'm doin' fine out here on my own
You, you think that you can come
Around here for some fun
But boy you've got a lot to learn
Don't shake your head from side to side
Saying that you've changed enough now
That you see the light
Cuz you just say what you say
And want your way
And it's that game that you play
It's a little late
As if
I'm ever gonna take you back
As if
It's ever gonna come to that
So see you 'round, wave goodbye
Be a bird, pass me by
As if
I'm gonna let you break my heart again
As if I'm gonna let your love back in my life
Not tonight, get a grip
Baby as if
Uh-huh, uh-huh... yeah
You seem to think that I
Ain't got no sense of pride
Well boy you got a weird perception
Oh, of what it is to love
And I am sure because
You got a look of desperation
Don't shake your head from left to right
Saying that you will 'cos you
Won't ever see the light
And you just say what you say
And want your way
And it's that game that you play
It's a little late
As if
I'm ever gonna take you back
As if
It's ever gonna come to that
So turn around, wave goodbye
Be a bird, pass me by
As if
I'm gonna let you break my heart again
As if I'm gonna let your love back in my life
Not tonight, catch my drift
Baby as if
You gotta go, you gotta go bye bye
I, I got places to go
With people you don't know
We're gonna dance all nice and slow
Don't shake your head from side to side
Saying that you've changed
And now you see the light
Cause you just want what you want
Some lucky charm
And it's that game that you play
So I'm moving on
As if
I'm ever gonna take you back
As if
It's ever gonna come to that
So be a dear, disappear
Maybe I'm not being clear
As if
I'm gonna let you break my heart again
As if I'm gonna let your love back in my life
Not tonight, catch my drift
Baby as if
No, no, no
As If
I'm gonna let you break my heart again
As if
I'm ever gonna take you back
As if
It's ever gonna come to that
Turn around, wave goodbye
Be a bird pass me by
As if
I'm gonna let you break my heart again
As if I'm gonna let your love back in my life
Not tonight, get a grip
Baby as if