i could beat myself

oooh ahh

i'm hurting

bad

oooh ahh i'm hurting bad!

i did not see what i was supposed to see

taking it easy when a friend told me i was in

danger

so much danger. underestimating my woman

not taking her

out

working too hard and now she's gone off

with a stranger

someone i don't even know. i should have taken her out

every once and a

while

taken her to dinner on the finer side

shown

her a life that was all worth while

now i guese i gotta

walk an extra mile! i could beat myself! ahh yeah. now i'm gonna feel funny out there in the crowd

when my friends all ask me

where is your woman?

long time i don't see. now i've got to think fast gotta

use my head

give a good story and make sure they

buy my version of the situation. all the while i wouldn't lie i'm gonna do this once

see my reputation sinking in the distance

if they

knew the truth that really existed. then my little sanity

would be wasted! i could beat myself ahh yes. i could

beat myself! ohh lord lord. oooh ooh i'm hurting

hurting inside

oooh ooh i'm hurting

now i really want to hear a little news now and

then

this is not what i expect to hear from my

friend i'm dissapointed. he should realize that it's

gonna destroy my position (remember i'm a name

brand) now i've gotta see. i should have held her tight

every once and a while

gotten it together on the finer style

shown her a life that was all worth while

now it seems i gotta

walk an extra mile. i could beat myself. ahh yes

i could beatmyself

ooh lord. ooh i'm hurting. ooooh i'm hurting

hurting inside

i don't know what i wanna tell you

but i wanna tell you something real

real good yes

something to make you

wanna shiver.