Straight Up and Down

[Verse 1]

I tried to see

Well I guess that I'm blind

It's fine with me

'Cause I'm gonna keep on trying, yeah

'Cause I've made disappointment my very best friend

I wait to see

Who you're gonna be and when, yeah

[Chorus]

We don't want you to be yourself, you see

We want you to free yourself

It does no good to pretend that you are free

If you can not see you

I love you but it drags me down

[Verse 2]

I never felt like

I feel when I'm crying

I don't care where

I'm living or I'm dying, yeah

[Chorus]

We just want you to be yourself, you see

We want you to free yourself

It does no good to pretend that you could be

Why don't you be you

I love you but you drag me down

[Verse 3]

'Cause I know it so well

How I never could tell

Who's my very best friend?

And I know it so well

I could make it be me