You've Got to Know

You've got your share of problems

A kind of self inflicted hell

You come with so much baggage, I feel like a porter in your hotel

Well it could have been your childhood

Or some hope you couldn't live up to

Or maybe it's the stars or the moon in your sign

Or maybe it's just you

You gotta know this isn't working, you gotta know I can't relax

You gotta know I need some distance, I want you off of my back

You're into self improvement and there's so much to be gained

But you don't apply a single thing you learn

And then you wonder why you're still the same

And you don't have a clue what you sound like

Or how many people you hurt

You say you don't intend the messages you send

When you treat somebody like dirt

You gotta know this isn't working, you gotta know I can't relax

You gotta know I need some distance, I want you off of my back

I've gotta tell you this ain't working, in case you misunderstood

You'll be waving I'll be walking, my life should be so good

I'm sorry I've hurt your feelings with everything I've had to say

I could have done it behind your back in that civilized way

Maybe if someone had said something sooner

Instead of avoiding a scene

But then again people seldom change from everything they've been

You gotta know