Average White Band - Keepin' It To Myself Lyrics
Now and again it occurs to meI'm giving away much more than I ought to beOh, yes I amAnd today I got a letterTelling me things that I better not believeBut I don't know if I canBut you're the last in a long line of mistakes I've madeI'm tired of giving my heart and soul to a masqueradeSo I'm gonna beKeepin' it to myselfLet it build up inside of meKeepin' it to myselfBaby, I triedWell it makes no differenceI always thought that it was plannedWhen you get everything a man has to giveYou now you got to return itBut every time I build my dreamsFind that love is not all what it seems to beAnd I keep getting burnedBut from now on I'm gonna quitBefore I commit myselfTo any woman I meetAnd I'll get by without love for a whileAnd get into something elseKeepin' it to myselfLet it build on up insideKeepin' it to myselfBaby, I tried