Oooooh I'm begging Begging, begging you Put your loving hand out baby Begging, begging you Put your loving hand out baby Riding high, when I was king Played it hard and fast, 'cause I had everything You walked away, you won me then But easy come and easy go And it would end Begging, begging you Put your loving hand out, baby Begging, begging you Put your loving hand out baby Take that money watch it burn, Sing in the river the lessons I learned Take that money watch it burn, Sing in the river the lessons I learned Take that money watch it burn, Sing in the river the lessons I learned Take that money watch it burn, Sing in the river the lessons I learned Cause everything that kills me makes me feel alive Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep Dreaming about the things that we could be Baby I've been, I've been praying hard Said no more counting dollars, we'll be we'll be counting stars I I I I feel something so right doing the wrong thing We'll be counting stars I I I I feel something so wrong doing the right thing Baby I'm fighting hard to hold my own But I just can't make it all alone I'm holding on I can't fall back Now that big brass ring is a shade of black Begging, begging you Put your loving hand out baby Begging, begging you Put your loving hand out baby Take that money watch it burn, Sing in the river the lessons I learned Take that money watch it burn, Sing in the river the lessons I learned Take that money watch it burn, Sing in the river the lessons I learned Take that money watch it burn, Sing in the river the lessons I learned