Richard Thompson
I’ll Never Give It Up
[Verse 1]
I can't eat, I can't sleep
Knowing that you're on your midnight creep
I can't jump, I can't jive
Knowing that you want me dead or alive
There's no half way with you
You see red, white and blue
What holds your head on could use another screw

[Chorus]
Oh come on, do your worst, boy
That's the way, that's the way
Hit me where it hurts, boy
That's the way, that's the way
Puff until you burst, boy
That's the way, that's the way
But I'll never give it up
I'll never give it up

[Verse 2]
I'll put you in a loser file
I don't need your reptile smile
You look better out of range
Stare at somebody else for a change
When the sky fell in, you cried
And blackness welled inside
And how your little brain got twisted and fried
[Chorus]
Oh come on, do your worst, boy
That's the way, that's the way
Hit me where it hurts, boy
That's the way, that's the way
Puff until you burst, boy
That's the way, that's the way
But I'll never give it up
I'll never give it up

[Bridge]
You're someone I can't help betray
You know you built me up that way
That way, that way

[Verse 3]
I don't run, I don't care
Some day we're gonna meet somewhere
You and me will rock and roll
When you crawl out of your sick little hole
So give me what you got
Put your money in the pot
Let's see what you are and what you're not

[Chorus]
Oh come on, do your worst, boy
That's the way, that's the way
Hit me where it hurts, boy
That's the way, that's the way
Puff until you burst, boy
That's the way, that's the way
But I'll never give it up
I'll never give it up
I'll never give it up
I'll never give it up