Lyrics

Crampin' My Thang • This Situation • The Upside • Do The Right Thing • You've Got Me Still

 

 

 

CRAMPIN' MY THANG

I keep trying to believe in my direction

But it takes all that I’ve got, everyday

I can’t rely on what your saying to me now

I gotta move on down the road, anyway

 

I keep moving on

Even though it’s all going wrong

I can’t seem to find any space

 

Who’s that crampin’ my thang

Oh, you got my heart all hangin’ out

It’s all down to my ankles now

Who’s that crampin’ my thang

Oh, you got my pain all oozing out

It’s all down, not going my way

 

If I implied to you that staying through the night

Would make me change the way I act the next day

My devotion is the reason that I’ve come so far

And you ain’t gonna take all that away

 

But I keep moving on

Even though it’s all going wrong

I can’t seem to find any space

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THIS SITUATION

I’m stuck in this situation

And I, Don’t know my way out yea

I find that I pay no attention to the things

That are weighing me down

 

Thought I’d be a business man

Run my fingers through the sand

Buy a lotta things, I thought I need

To be a good man

Now I’m stuck in this situation, and I

Can’t find my way out

 

It’s a long way out

To the music store

 

I found, another way out

Wrote it all down and I shouted it out, Today

I play my troubles away, if you’ll listen to another

I think, the reason I’m in

Trouble in the morning and trouble again, is cause I

I play, my troubles away, if you’ll listen to another

Listen to another song

 

I’m stuck in this situation

And I, Don’t like the shape I’m in

I pray the day will come when I can

Make a good example, for all of my friends

 

Thought I’d do what no one can

Got caught up in quick sand

Bought a lotta things, I thought I’d need

To be a better man

Now I’m stuck in this situation and I

I can’t find my way out

 

It’s a long way out

To the music store

 

I found all the things I need

You are everything to me

I want to, I want to

I need to, I need to

Don’t make me, Don’t make me cry

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THE UPSIDE

When you walk down my street

Dressin’ that way

You send me through the rooftop baby

Then down on my knees

 

He’s giving you pearls ñ Fat car

And diamonds to wear

All I have is love for you baby

But I’ll always be there

 

Baby, think about the upside

I’m a firm believer in lovin’, and treating you right

Baby, don’t you feel uptight

Throw away you fears and turn my way, and leave him behind

 

Are you really happy ñ my fault

Girl it’s not my place to say

But when you really want something so bad

You don’t give up that way

 

Tell me I’m right - okay

But I hope you tell me someday

You’re all I ever want in my life girl

And this is why I say

 

I know it’s not much, but just follow your heart

We’ll make a new beginning, we’ll have a new start

I’ve changed my whole direction, to what my life will be

I’ll follow through, my dreams come true, my lo - - - - - ve

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DO THE RIGHT THING

You gotta stable job honey yea

I’ve got the tunes I’m working on

You are a gambler when the game is on

Well now the game has come to you

 

You gotta tell me what you wanna do

It won’t be easy what we’ll go through

They’ll try to tear us apart

How will we keep it all together, keep from falling apart

 

We gotta do - - - - - - The right thing

We gotta do - - - - - - The right thing        

We gotta do - - - - - - The right thing

The right thing for us both

 

Take it back, I care about

How the things will go around the house

I’ll keep my working shoes on

And I’ll put it all together after playing at the coffee shop

 

But what you gotta see

Is that this dream is killing me

And if I don’t go and try

There will be trouble in the morning I’ll be tearing up the countryside

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YOU’VE GOT ME STILL

  You and I

We can both be tough at times

To tell the truth

I think it’s me more than it’s you

 

You gotta load I know

I know you think, it’s more than you can hold

 

But baby I

If my dreams don’t touch the sky

I’ll walk for miles

To assure you’ll be alright

 

I gotta load I know

Sometimes I think, it’s more than I can hold

 

Work all day, my love

Work all night, my dear

You’ve got me still

You’ve got me still

 

When we first started

When love just wasn’t enough

When we parted

When life just seemed so tough

 

We had a load, I know

But who would think, it’s how love grows

 

You had your reasons why you, walked away

I had some time to think about, why to stay

We had to talk about it

We had to live without it

We had to make it all feel real

 

You had the feelings, why did you push me aside

You had my heart, why did you let it all slide

Found out the day, you walked away, you made me cry

You know, you better know now, we had it all

 

You got to, You need to

You want to, Take my pain away!