How Did Things Get This Way - Dana Fuchs

So you say you gotta hole in your life

well baby what am i supposed to say

now you’re begging me how can I leave you

when you’re beggin me to stay

Now you’re looking at me baby with your cocaine eyes

but this should come as no surprise

How did things get this way

how did things baby get this way

So you say you got no one at all if i turn and walk away from you

keep crying to me not let you fall well what the hell am i supposed to do

Now you’re starin' at me baby with your blood shot eyes

does this really come as a surprise —

your asking me

Hhow did things get this way —

how did things ever get this way

We’re just wasting precious time

you went your way now i’ll go mine

now you’re staring at me baby with your sad, sad eyes

does this really come as a surprise — i’m asking you

How did things ever get this way

how did things ever get this way

I gotta know

how did things get this way, way

oh tell me baby

how did things get this way

you keep on asking me

how did things ever get this way, way, way

oh won’t you tell me now,

how did things get this way, way way,

oh what the hell am i supposed to be doin' babe, doin doin doin …