why do you build me up buttercup baby just to let me down and mess me around and then worst of all you never call baby when you say you will but i love you still i need you more than anyone darlin you know that i have from the start so build me up buttercup don t break my heart i ll be over at ten you told me time and again but you re late i wait around and then i run to the door i can t take any more it s not you you let me down again baby baby try to find a little time and i ll make you mine i ll be home i ll be beside the phone waiting for you ooh oo ooh why do you build me up buttercup baby just to let me down and mess me around and then worst of all you never call baby when you say you will but i love you still i need you more than anyone darlin you know that i have from the start so build me up buttercup don t break my heart to you i m a toy but i could be the boy you adore if you d just let me know although you re untrue i m attracted to you all the more why do i need you so baby baby try to find a little time and i ll make you mine i ll be home i ll be beside the phone waiting for you ooh oo ooh why do you build me up buttercup baby just to let me down and mess me around and then worst of all you never call baby when you say you will but i love you still i need you more than anyone darlin you know that i have from the start so build me up buttercup don t break my heart i need you more than anyone baby you know that i have from the start so build me up buttercup don t break my heart