Better Back Off - Marshall Crenshaw

Now you can’t always get what you want

No, you can’t always get what you need

Sometimes you lose what you thought you had

Now that’s a real bad deal indeed

But when you’re angry at life itself

Having a bad, bad day

Don’t judge yourself so brutally

I can’t stand it when you talk that way

Oh baby, baby

Better back off of that stuff

You’d better take it slow

I know you know

That you’re talking about someone I love

Did you say what I think I heard?

Did you mean what I think you said?

Why don’t you redirect your rage

Onto someone else instead

Now, we all have to walk that line

Between sorrow and happiness

Come over here and take my hand

Won’t you please give us both a rest?

Oh baby, baby

Better back off that stuff

You’d better take it slow

I know you know

That you’re talking about someone I love

Oh baby, baby

I’ve heard enough

'Cause I know you will come through

And you know it too

You’re talking about someone I love