Charles Aznavour

You've let yourself go

It's funny, when I look at you
And see that sour and solemn face
`Cause you're a very special case
Who's driven me to drink a few
A couple more, and I feel strong
Enough to have the guts to say
That I can't stand your spiteful tongue
Nor suffer all your nasty ways
Your body, though somehow still young
Throws all my dreams and hopes away

It grabs me here, now hear me right
I'm tired of being the underdog
Tired of being pushed and shoved
With all the love-lust in my heart
I had it all, you know it now
At times I'd like to wring your neck
You've changed, you really look a wreck
Let's face it, you've let yourself go

You're such a let-down to your sex
Your stockings twisted `round your legs
That same old faded dressing gown
Your hair in curlers, hanging down
What could I have been thinking of
Was it with you I fell in love
Are you the girl that could inspire
A heart with passion and desire
I gaze at you in sheer despair
And see your Mother standing there

In front of strangers you're the same
You don't mind putting me to shame
You contradict each word I say
Ah, you can turn night into day
I hit the jackpot, what a blow
The first time that I took you out
If you had learned to shut your mouth
But God knows, you've let yourself go

At times you're cruel beyond control
You have no heart, you have no soul
But as I take a look at life
I realise that, you're my Wife
A little effort, not much more
And things could be, just as before
You know, you'd lose a little weight
If you cut out the junk you ate
A little style, a little grace
And try to show a smiling face

I couldn't hate you if I tried
If I could just have by my side
The little girl that once I knew
To make me start our love anew
I want to hold you in my arms
And then surrender to your charms
Let there be fire, not just a glow
Come close to me, let yourself  go
Come close to me, let yourself go

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