But you try, don't you? You try, don't you? Just wanna die, don't you, when she runs? You can't make a woman sleep alone You can't tell her nothing she don't know Take a year and go back home Where the wind comes sweeping through the plains You ain't

Once you're there You can't come back Nothing lives Nothing grows Inside the dead meadow All alone at last Years roll by so fast Twisted and insane The house you built

Now don't stop, drop, pause Look at that girl, she's like oh Look at that girl, she's like ah Mami over there sometime 'Cause you look so right Oh, look at that girl, she's like ah Look at that girl, she's like Mami no you can't come back

I can't go on and on Setting fires to keep you warm I can't keep you from harm But I'm set on fire to keep you warm Out in the cold you've been I begged you to come back in But I can't do this again What would I do?

And yes I'm holdin' you, holdin' you, holdin' you Left you in all black But dear old Nicki Please call back You told me you'd come when I needed you But I'm standing here calling I cant see you But I am holding you, holding you, holding you to that Oh

You got a fetish for my love I push you out and you come right back Don't see a point in blaming you If I were you, I'd do me too I'm not surprised I sympathize, ah I can't deny Your appetite, ah Take it or leave it

I got one foot on the path I got one foot in your doorway You say, "Come over baby Come talk to me" Then you drive me so crazy I can't hardly see If this keeps goin' on I might just leave and not come back I got on foot in your doorway Well you beg me to

I’m torn to pieces, I’m broken down I still see your face when you’re not around I sit here in misery wondering if I’ll ever be Half the man you wanted me to be Even though I know you’re not gonna come back I can’t wash it away It’s tearing me to pieces

From what you do...because of you... You know I can't be there each time that you call I swore not to come, but I'm here after all I know by the look that I see in your eye I won't stand around and I won't watch you die (What you do, what you do, was

Tell me, gypsy, can you see me In your crystal ball I'm asking you what can I do My back's against the wall And I can't hold on much longer So I've come to you my friend For now my life seems at an end I came to see you once before One hundred years ago