It's a shame the way you mess around with your man

It's a shame (1) the way you hurt me (2) the way you play with my emotion

It's a shame the way you mess around with your man

(1) I'm sitting all alone by the telephone

(2) You're like a child at play on a sunny day

(3) You've got my heart in chains, and I've lost my brain

(1) Waiting for your call when you don't call at all

(2) First you play with love and then you throw it away.

(3) I just can't take the strain

Bridge: Why do you use me, try to confuse me

How can you stand to be so cruel

Why don't you free me from this prison

Where I serve my time as your fool

It's a shame the way you mess around with your man

It's a shame the way you hurt me

It's a shame the way you mess around with your man

I try to stay with you, to show you love so true

But you won't appreciate the love we try to make

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