Something's got to give

I'm working hard just to make time

Girl I wanna live

Not just stand on the sidelines

Something's going on

When we exist just to get by

But can we pay the rent

When our cash is spent

And there's babies on standby

Something's got to change

From this succession of false starts

Too much to arrange

Are we conspiring to lose heart?

Girl you know it's true

I'm working hard to persuade you

To break out of these cells

Run off to somewhere else

If it all overtakes you

I've bent over backwards just for you

To be optimistic

Moved over sideways far too soon

To be your statistic

I've seen what we're trying for

But we're not supposed to break out of this world

There is a space where we're not supposed to go

Something's in the way

But you came to my rescue

'Cause girl I wanna play

Not just stand in the dole queue

Another hit and run

But the remains of a good one

Forever on the take

For a lucky break

And the dawn of the new sun

I've bent over backwards just for you

To be optimistic

Moved over sideways far too soon

To be your statistic

I've seen what we're trying for

But we're not supposed to break out of this world

There is a space where we're not supposed to go