shake my tree

now i don't wanna be your slave

you're trying to drive me to an early grave

all i ever hear is that you live and breathe for me

but all you ever do

baby

is shake my tree

'cause you keep on pushing

baby

like you never

ever been in love before

i told you once and i told you twice

i ain't no schoolboy you can sacrifice

you want my love and you want it now

you try to love me

baby

but you don't know how

so you keep on pushing

baby

like you've never

ever been in love before

i need love and i need time

and a little bit of both if you wanna be a friend of mine

don't want no woman drive me outta my head

and you're the kind of girl guaranteed to wreck my bed

love is what you need

but you cut down to the bone and make me bleed

i give you everything and still you cry

ooh mama

the price of loving you is way too high

but you keep on talking

baby

i've heard it all before

now i don't want you hanging around

or kicking at my door

but

you keep on pushing

mama

like you never

ever been in love before

i know love and i know shame

and i ain't gonna get caught up in your game

it took a little time to make me see

i ain't lookin' for a woman like you to shake my tree

so keep on talking

baby

keep on hangin' 'round

everything you do to me

is sure to drag me down

and you keep on pushing

mama

like you never

ever been in love before

shake my tree

i don't want to be your slave

you're trying to drive me to an early grave

you keep on talking

no matter what you say

i've had enough of your kind of love to last me all my days

so keep on pushing baby

i've heard it all before

i don't want you hanging around

or kicking at my door

now i don't want your loving

baby

i can't take it anymore

i don't want you hanging 'round

kicking at my door

if i see your face again

i'll give you what's in store

but

you'll keep on pushing

baby

'cause you've never

ever been in love before