Allen Toussaint - What Do You Want The Girl To Do? lyrics

So you think the girl is crazy To eat up your lies like it's good (Your lies like apple pie) (She don't even cry) She is not a fool She's just tryin' to do what her heart says to To love you And as you take to the wind (to the wind again she breaks down) And as she breaks down within (within, within) She waits for you patiently Hopin' that someday you'll see [That] all she really wants to be Is yours and yours alone, eternally What do you want the girl to do [Don't you know] you're breakin' the child in two [Can't you see] What do you want the girl to do All she really wants is you She knows what you are Still she'll be your queen if you let her (Just say the word today) (Build the world around her) Now and then you'll promise All the way-out things you're goin' to get her (You will see, you will see) (You're so damn glad you found her, found her, years ago) Cause ma she knows better As she watched you come and go (all you'll show) And as she watched your promises erode She waits for you patiently Hopin' that someday you'll see [That] all she really wants to be Is yours and yours alone, eternally What do you want the girl to do [Don't you know] you're breakin' the child in two [Can't you see] What do you want the girl to do All she really wants is you She knows what you are Still she'll be your queen if you let her (Just say the word today) (Build the world around her) Now and then you'll promise All the way-out things you're goin' to get her (You will see, you will see) (You're so damn glad you found her, found her, years ago) 'Cause ma she knows better As she watched you come and go (all you'll show) And as she watched your promises erode What do you want the girl to do Don't you know you're breakin' the child in two What do you want the girl to do Can't you see you're breakin' the child in two