Way you look at me like that, something's got to give pretty soon 
Throw it on a camel's back, something's got to give pretty soon 
Living hard to chase the dream, way beyond our ways and means 
Yours don't mean a goddamn thing. 
That's what you said, but, don't believe it. 

That shattered look upon your face, something's got to give pretty soon. 
Swallow, but can't stand the taste, bark at the wind, chase the moon 
Living fast and drinking lots. List of things we haven't got. 
Tired of life with the have-nots 
That's what you said and I believe it. 

Maybe what you need's for someone to send you flowers 
Someone strong and mean who can prove he has the power to 
Show you more than charm and take you on your way 
To where you want to be at the end of the day 
And it breaks my heart in two to know it ain't meant to be 
But, it ain't me,
It ain't me. 

And you say it's these things I do, about me that's attracted you 
So if I started doing something else, what would we have left. 
And you say you just want compromise, then act so different all the time. 
These reasons why you said goodbye, just another way of telling lies. 

Something's got to give, got to give pretty soon 
Or else we're gonna lose the very things that made it bloom 
Sitting in silence in a cold and lonely room 
While the world goes on around us 

Something's got to give, got to give pretty soon 
Or else we're gonna hate each other 
And that would be the saddest thing I ever seen.