Victim

(album: House Of Love - 1978)

When I started out
It was just a matter of seeing you every day
I looked forward to the times
When you would come my way, ooh yeah
I longed just to see you
Wore a smile just to greet you
I became a victim of the very song I sing

You gave me a brand new reason
To start fixing up my face
Having cocktails at your favorite place
A table just for two
Got rid of loneliness, now that I have you
I became a victim of the very song I sing

I told you young hearts run free
When I didn't listen to myself
Engulfed by the power of love
I just fell right in, ooh yes, I did
Wasn't hardly worried about tomorrow
You're the future
As long as I was being satisfied
I didn't want nothing else

And now already, I'm being left at home, yes I am
I wonder what it is
That makes a man leave a girl so alone
Another woman is the thing
Running around, it just don't seem to change
I'm a victim, I'm a victim, I'm a victim, I'm a victim
I'm a victim of the very song I sing

Why don't you practice what you preach
That's what everybody's telling me
If my advice is good for others
It's got to be good for me, can't you see
So I try to occupy my mind
Keep myself busy all the time
But the more I try to do
The more I keep thinking of you, ooh baby

Oh well, I guess I'll end up in the lost and found
It looks like love and me
We done fought another round, ooh yeah
Another woman is his claim to fame
And I'm lucky if I can break these chains
Victim...victim...
I'm a victim of the very song I sing
Help me sing do do wap, oh oh do do wap...