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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Chantoozies
The Chantoozies
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Brett Goldsmith
Brett Goldsmith
Composer
Eve Von-Bibra
Eve Von-Bibra
Composer

Lyrics

[Intro]
Wanna be up, don't wanna be down
Don't wanna see life go 'round this way
I'm going as fast as I can
[Verse 1]
Just a kid in a backstreet alley, working every day
People stop and they look at him and they say he sings like Mel Tormè
He can't work a full day, he can't earn a dollar
He can hurt you with his way, you do everything he wants you to
[PreChorus]
Did he work you all the time?
Did you wanna run and hide?
Did you turn your face and cry
Like I knew you would?
[Verse 2]
I had fell under his smile
I had felt his staring eyes
You might think that he's real cool
I know, he's a real big dude
[PreChorus]
Did he work you all the time?
Did you wanna run and hide?
Did you turn your face and cry
Like I knew you would?
[Chorus]
Wanna be up, don't wanna be down
Don't wanna see life go 'round this way
I'm going as fast as I can
Wanna be up, don't wanna be down
Don't wanna see life go 'round this way
I'm going as fast as I can
[PreChorus]
Did he work you all the time?
Did you wanna run and hide?
Did you turn your face and cry
Like I knew you would?
[Chorus]
Wanna be up, don't wanna be down
Don't wanna see life go 'round this way
I'm going as fast as I can
Wanna be up, don't wanna be down
Don't wanna see life go 'round this way
I'm going as fast as I can
[Outro]
Don't leave me this way
I'm going as fast as I can
Don't leave me this way
I'm going as fast as I can
Don't leave me this way
I'm going as fast as I can
Written by: Brett Goldsmith, Eve Von-Bibra

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