everything i believed it all seemed true
no one ever taught me how to see right through you
clever was your way you took from me what you could
i should have known it all along but i never understood

i turn my back on you
to find somebody else that’s true

it’s a little bit much to take you put everything down
like you know something more than anybody else around
it’s a hard, hard taste of the real world
when you’re finding pieces scattered
of your spirit all unfurled

i turn my back on you
to find somebody else that’s true

i know i’ve tried
but you are so self-satisfied
i’ve taken it in stride
when you come at my blindside
that look was in your eyes
i hesitate to recognize
are you daring me to stay
or are you chasing me away
i’m letting go today

pleasure and pain go hand in hand
just like love and hate on the bandstand
like beating the devil like a gangster’s ballet
like a splinter in my heart i’ve got to cut away

i turn my back on you
to find somebody else that’s true