I've Been Down

I've Been Down

I've heard it all,
Everything from the power blew.
I had a buisness meeting.
I went to meet my mothers new
boyfriend cause someday he'll be my dad,
and we have to bond you see.
Well, don't give your lies to me.

I've been up
I've been down
I've been here
I've been there
I've been over and under and everywhere
I've felt pain
I've felt joy
So, believe me boy
You may cause me heartache,
You don't give you just take,
Just back off for my sake,
Don't force me to forsake...you.

It's been so long,
I can't even add up the years,
since I have had a good man
who didn't leave me crying tears
or pain from a love that I thought was right.
It seems like I'm dead inside
I don't think I'll win this fight.

I've been up
I've been down
I've been here
I've been there
I've been over and under and everywhere
I've felt pain
I've felt joy
So, believe me boy
You may cause me heartache,
You don't give you just take,
Just back off for my sake,
Don't force me to forsake...you.

How can I ever learn to love again?
How can I ever find romance?
How can I ever see through the line
of the losers, and cheaters, and liers
to find what a heart of a womand desires.

I will survive.
I know this because I am strong.
I've been by myself before'
and I know that I can make it
through the night until the morning light,
but if I don't make it through,
I'm putting the blame on you.

I've been up
I've been down
I've been here
I've been there
I've been over and under and everywhere
I've felt pain
I've felt joy
So, believe me boy
You may cause me heartache,
You don't give you just take,
Just back off for my sake,
Don't force me to forsake...you.

How can I ever learn to love again?
How can I ment this broken heart?
How can I ever see through the life
of the stealers, and beggers, and liers
to find what the heart of a woman desires?

I've been up
I've been down
I've been here
I've been there
I've been over and under and everywhere
I've felt pain
I've felt joy
So, believe me boy
You may cause me heartache,
You don't give you just take,
Just back off for my sake,
Don't force me to forsake...you.

--Daryl Molen