Push and Pull - Dolly Parton

All I’m trying to do is just give you some good advice

And you give it so freely but hey this is my life

You don’t have to be cruel, you don’t have to be so cold

I guess we’re both hellbent on keepin' our own control

So I push you away and then I pull you in

We say what we have to say and make up again

We cut to the bone but just as soon as it mends

We’re back to push and pull and oh it never ends

Mothers, daughters, sons, fathers, and friends

Siblings, couples, and lovers are always in

Some situations forcin' them to go

Straight through the heart and injuring the sun

So I push you away and then I pull you in

We say what we have to say and make up again

We cut to the bone and just as soon as it mends

We’re back to push and pull and oh it never ends

We might just start up a fight

'Cause we just can’t leave it alone

Tellin' each other it’s just 'cause I love you

Are we ever gonna get alone

So I push you away and then I pull you in

We say what we have to say and make up again

But if we try you and I could make amends

'Cause in push and pull nobody ever wins

It’s a push and pull when will it ever…