I Could Beat Myself

Oooh ahh
I'm hurting, bad
Ooh ahh I'm hurting

I did not see what I was supposed to see
Taking it easy when a friend told me I was in danger
So much danger
Underestimating my woman, not taking her out
Working too hard and now she's gone off with a stranger
Someone I don't even know

I should have taken her out, every once and a while
Dinner together on the finer side
Show her a life that's all worth while
Now I guess I gotta walk an extra mile

I could beat myself, ahh yeah, oh yeah
I could beat myself, ahh yeah, yeah

I'm gonna feel funny out there in the crowd
When my friends all ask me, "Where is your woman?"
"Long time I don't see"
Now I've got to think fast gotta use my head
Give a good story and make sure they buy my version
Of the situation

All the while I wouldn't lie I'm gonna do this once
See my reputation sinking in the distance
If they knew the truth that really existed
Then my little sanity would be wasted
I could beat myself, oh yeah, ooh yeah
I could beat myself, ohh Lord, woii

Ooh I'm hurting bad
Ooh I'm hurting

Now I'm gonna put the blame on the person that told me
They should realize that it's gonna destroy my position
Remember I'm a name brand
Though I really want to hear a little news now and then
This is not what I expect to hear from my friend
I'm disappointed but now I've got to say

I should have held her tight every once and a while
Take her to dinner on the fancy side
Show her a life that's all worth while
Now I know I gotta walk an extra mile

I could beat myself, oh yeah, now now now
I could beat myself, oh Lord, woii
I could beat myself, ooh
I could beat myself, woii, nah nah nah, nah nah

Ooh hurting inside
Ooh hurting

I could beat myself, oii
Really, really, I could beat myself, oh yeah
I could beat myself now
I could beat myself over and over and over again

(You deserve all the loving yeah)
Only if I could turn back the hands of time, oii
I could show you our love can shine, yeah

I don't know what I wanna tell you
But I wanna tell you something real, real good now
Something to make you wanna shiver