so you gotta put yourself in my place i don t want to lose face people talking round town telling me that you ve been putting it round that your love for me so they say it s hard to realize that i love you this way so you gotta put yourself in my place don t want to lose face coz you re telling these lies everyone will think it s no surprise that you re leaving me today i never thought that i d see you walking away so you gotta put yourself in my place don t want to lose face so your friends turn their backs and laugh at me well you just tell them that our love could never be and so you gotta now put yourself in my place so you gotta now put yourself in my place don t want to lose face why don t we both take a chance i m sure that if we tried we could save our romance i ll never understand what you did to me why don t you realize that i ll never be free and so you gotta put yourself in my place don t want to lose face no no no no no no listen to me baby come on come on you gotta try lose face