Rollo Armstrong - Giving Myself Away lyrics

Do, do what I have to Do, do what I have to Do, do what I have to Do, do what I have Remember Emily? ("That's a long time. That's a long time.") In a long dress one summer day she said, "Yes" Now every special request requires another "Uh-uh, uh" So many times it feels endless A big "Yes" branded red on each breast But she's selfless Out there doing her best Strangest thing, nobody seemed to be impressed The more she do for this fool The more she behind schedule Had no fun for so long Old records turn her onto High School flings When she was full of daring Colourful hair Used to wear thirteen rings Now she staring drudgery full in the face And accepts it as her place And just in case there's anything she missed She recheck the list Does it over again to make sure it's spotless Jimmy longed for how it used to be She was viscous and volatile, she was feisty Iced tea was the tipple, never asked nicely Her lips used to curl down ever so slightly Impolite, fire burned bright behind the Oakleys He just had to get to grips After a few long sips juice begin to lose flavour She no longer gets to savour being consumed Jimmy sleep drunk in the other room, still in his shoes Escapin' headlong into the booze A whole house vibratin' with the changes of moods From feisty she turned into "Be nice to me" In the old days he'd o' been wearing iced tea Jimmy prayed those times returned She was fine and so beautifully unconcerned Jimmy told her, on the day he quit "You don't love me, you love the relationship" Me? I'm the progeny Product of misogyny Jimmy and Emily's h*mogeny They promised me nothing but honesty, huh And that's all I got I could never be the cement in their destiny They still haven't forgiven me Y'know my own woman's leavin' me Said she stopped believing me Can't even see what she saw in me I told my woman she was beautiful She didn't believe Convinced herself I was preparing to leave So, she took my son and left the world to freeze I told my woman she was beautiful ten times a day Ten times a day she'd smile, and look away I end up throwing my love down a bottomless pit And giving myself away