Why Must I Plead - Richard Thompson

All your bitterness and lies

Sting like tears in my eyes

And a thousand lovesick tunes

Won’t wash away the wounds from my mind

You’ve been seen around, you’re a news sensation

You got a better deal and you took his invitation

You’ve been sitting on his lap and taking his dictation

Mercy, we used to love all day and drive all night

Mercy, jealousy used to whet your appetite

Mercy, we were low as dogs and high as kites

Why must I plead with you darling

For what’s already mine

My friends are indiscreet

And I sing myself to sleep

And I don’t mind the red wine

Or the pickup line as long as it’s cheap

I ask you what 's wrong, and you say I’m all yours

I ask who your friend is, and you say Santa Clause

I ask you to come home, you say yoU’re tired of being indoors

Mercy, you know you signed on that dotted line

Mercy, you signed yours and I signed mine

Mercy, you said forever till the end of time

Why must I plead with you darling

For what’s already mine