The Kinks - Yo-Yo lyrics
[The Kinks - Yo-Yo lyrics]
There are many different people
Livin' double lives one for the office
And one that they take home to their wives
He sit's in the armchair, watches Channel 4
With his brains not expected home
For an hour or more
He's still drifting to and from like a yo yo
His wife is in the kitchen
Fixin' her old man's tea
She's thinking to herself
"He's not the man that married
Me, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah"
They used to laugh together
Now he's never at home
Now she's fighting back the tears
She can't even laugh alone
She's just sitting by the telephone
Like a yo yo
You needed me when you were crying
But now you're laughing
I'm the last thing on your mind
First, you love me, then you don't
I'm up and down like a yo yo
Yo yo
Ah, you thought you knew me pretty well
But with people like me, you never can tell
You can only guess which way I'll go
You got me sussed, but you don't know
I'm a yo yo just like a yo yo on a string
I'm a yo yo
Little child playing with a yo yo
Yo yo, yo yo
Girl, you had me dangling
Like a yo yo on a string
But with you at the controls I
Could accomplish anything, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah
You were just playing, I was a little boy
But when I grew into a man
You threw away your toy like a yo yo
Yo yo
You might be popular
But it won't last for long
So don't give up the day job
In case it all goes wrong
Look at your ego, watch it go
Up and down like a yo yo yo yo
You needed me when you were cryin'
But now that you're laughing
I'm the last thing on your mind
First, you love me, then you don't
I'm up and down like a yo yo yo yo
I'm a yo yo (yo yo) like a yo yo
Livin' double lives one for the office
And one that they take home to their wives
He sit's in the armchair, watches Channel 4
With his brains not expected home
For an hour or more
He's still drifting to and from like a yo yo
His wife is in the kitchen
Fixin' her old man's tea
She's thinking to herself
"He's not the man that married
Me, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah"
They used to laugh together
Now he's never at home
Now she's fighting back the tears
She can't even laugh alone
She's just sitting by the telephone
Like a yo yo
You needed me when you were crying
But now you're laughing
I'm the last thing on your mind
First, you love me, then you don't
I'm up and down like a yo yo
Yo yo
Ah, you thought you knew me pretty well
But with people like me, you never can tell
You can only guess which way I'll go
You got me sussed, but you don't know
I'm a yo yo just like a yo yo on a string
I'm a yo yo
Little child playing with a yo yo
Yo yo, yo yo
Girl, you had me dangling
Like a yo yo on a string
But with you at the controls I
Could accomplish anything, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah
You were just playing, I was a little boy
But when I grew into a man
You threw away your toy like a yo yo
Yo yo
You might be popular
But it won't last for long
So don't give up the day job
In case it all goes wrong
Look at your ego, watch it go
Up and down like a yo yo yo yo
You needed me when you were cryin'
But now that you're laughing
I'm the last thing on your mind
First, you love me, then you don't
I'm up and down like a yo yo yo yo
I'm a yo yo (yo yo) like a yo yo