Beverley Knight - Straight Jacket Lyrics
Why, why can't you be happy for me?Now I've found someone who'll put up with meI'm no little girl, I'm the woman you raisedI need some answers, you got me fazedWith your prejudiceWas there something I missedWhen you told me you love me?You want me in your straight jacketYou won't accept me without it thoughYou know it's the one I've outgrownYou want me in your straight jacketYou'll never close me in your bracketsDon't you realise you're out on your own?Please, please understand my choiceWhy you trying to stifle my voice?I sympathise with the way that you feelBut time stops for no-oneAnd you're standing stillAnd nothing grows under a shadowI'm sorry, it's not my storyYou want me in your straight jacketYou won't accept me without it thoughYou know it's the one I've outgrownYou want me in your straight jacketYou'll never close me in your bracketsDon't you realise you're out on your own?I'm sorry that my life didn't turn out as you meantNothing is an accidentIt's all just in the scriptIt's something to acceptI know you won't admitYou only hurt yourselfI can't do this by myself'Cause we've been banging our headsOn the same piece of the same wallAt the same timeFor far too long nowAnd nothing lasts foreverSo what else is new?You held us all togetherWe're all waiting for youYou want me in your straight jacketYou won't accept me without it thoughYou know it's the one I've outgrownYou want me in your straight jacketYou'll never close me in your bracketsDon't you realise you're out on your own?You want me in your straight jacketYou won't accept me without it thoughYou know it's the one I've outgrownYou want me in your straight jacketYou'll never close me in your bracketsDon't you realise you're out on your own?
