I Said - Litany

I said, I said

I said, I said, I said

I said, I said, I said

I said, I said, I said

I said «Baby, come over»

You said «I'm not ready»

I said «You'll turn into a loner»

You said «That's okay with me»

I said, I said, I said

I said, I said, I said

You don’t need to try to pretend

For someone else

I just need to help you

Instead of helping myself

Why you gotta go act so tough baby, when I call?

And why you gotta leave me

When you need me most of all?

I said «Baby, I want ya»

You said «I know that you do»

I said «Will you come on over?

Is there no convincing you?»

I said, I said, I said

I said, I said, I said

You don’t need to try to pretend

For someone else

I just need to help you

Instead of helping myself

Why you gotta go act so tough baby, when I call?

And why you gotta leave me

When you need me most of all?

Don’t you leave me, don’t you leave me

And why you gotta leave me?

When you need me, when you need me most of all?

Why you gotta go act so tough baby, when I call?

And why you gotta leave me

When you need me most of all?

You don’t need to try to pretend

For someone else

I just need to help you

Instead of helping myself

Why you gotta go act so tough baby?

And why you gotta leave me

When you need me?