Wanna be up
Don't wanna be down
Don't wanna see life
go 'round this way
I'm going as fast as I can
just a kid
in a backstreet alley
working everyday
People stop and they look
At him and they say
He sings
Like Myrtle Mae
He can't work a full day
he can't earn a dollar
he can hurt you
with his ways
You do everything
he wants you to
Did he work you
All the time
Did you wanna
Run and hide
Did you turn your
Face and cry
Like I knew
Knew knew
I had fallen under his smile
I had felt his staring eyes
You might think
That he's real cool
I know he's a real big dud
Did he work you
All the time
Did you wanna
Run and hide
Did you turn your
Face and cry
Like I knew
Knew knew
Wanna be up
Don't wanna be down
Don't wanna see life
go 'round this way
I'm going as fast as I can
Wanna be up
Don't wanna be down
Don't wanna see life go
'round this way
I'm going as fast as I can
Did he work you
all the time
Did you wanna
run and hide
Did you turn your
face and cry
Like I knew
knew knew
Wanna be up
Don't wanna be down
Don't wanna see life
go 'round this way
I'm going as fast as I can
Wanna be up
Don't wanna be down
Don't wanna see life
go 'round this way
I'm going as fast as I can
Don't leave me this way
I'm going as fast as I can
Don't leave me this way
I'm going as fast as I can
Don't leave me this way
I'm going as fast as I
Can