Keepin' It to Myself

Now and again it occurs to me

I'm giving away much more than I ought to be

Oh, yes I am

And then today I get a letter

Telling me things that I better not believe

But I don't know if I can (just don't know if I can)

But you're the last in a long, long line of mistakes I've made

(They gonna do it again)

I'm tired of giving my heart and soul to a masquerade

So I'm gonna be

Keepin' it to myself

Let it build on up inside of me, yeah

I'll be keepin' it to myself

Baby, I tried, I tried

Well it makes no difference

I always thought that it was planned

When you get everything a man has to give

You know you got to return it (got to return it)

But every time I build my dreams (every time)

Find that love is not what it seems to be

And I keep on getting burned (keep gettin' burned by love)

But from now I'm gonna quit

Before I commit myself

To any woman I meet

And I'll get by without love for a while

And get into something else

I'll be keepin' it to myself

Let it build on up inside me, yeah, yeah

I'll be keepin' it to myself

Woman, I tried, oh babe

So I'll be keepin' it to myself

All to myself (never be alone, yeah inside of me)

Well, well, I'll be keepin' it to myself

Yeah honey I, I...

Don't you know, don't you know I try? (Keepin' it to myself)

Hey baby I try (all to myself) oh baby

Hey, yeah, I try! (Keepin' it to myself) yeah well

Sure though, I try

Say I ain't, ain't gonna tell nobody (keepin' it to myself)

I ain't gonna tell no one (all to myself)

I'll be, I'll be, I'll be (keepin' it to myself)

Well yeah, I'll be...

Hey, ain't gonna tell nobody (keepin' it to myself)

I'll be keepin' it (all to myself)

Hey, hey, I'll be keeping it (to myself)

Sugar, I'll be...