You Gotta Lose - Richard Hell

I hope I don’t seem immodest when I tell you that my, my

Mother was a pinhead and my father was a fly

That’s why I love you darlin' with a love that’s so unique:

Your glistenin' wings they complement your head’s exquisite peak

You gotta lose, you gotta lose

Not too long ago I knew a guy who thought he can’t be beat

But he got rabies on his rubies now he can’t unlace his feet

And I for twenty minutes yesterday felt great, felt insensate

But when you’re twenty minutes late your fate is patient and will wait

You gotta lose, you gotta lose

I know it’s hard for you to face the fact Max Factor failed your face

And that your social life’s misshapen 'cause you feel so out of place

And that the most magic man you’d meet and ask your soul to keep

Still could only love you from a distance one man deep

You gotta lose, you gotta lose, you gotta lose, you gotta lose, you gotta lose