there are many different people livin double lives one for the office and one that they take home to their wives he sits in the armchair watches channel 4 with his brains not expected home for an hour or more he s still drifting to and from like a yo yo his wife is in the kitchen fixin her old man s tea she s thinking to herself he s not the man that married me yeah yeah yeah yeah they used to laugh together now he s never at home now she s fighting back the tears she can t even laugh alone she s just sitting by the telephone like a yo yo you needed me when you were crying but now you re laughing i m the last thing on your mind first you love me then you don t i m up and down like a yo yo yo yo ah you thought you knew me pretty well but with people like me you never can tell you can only guess which way i ll go you got me sussed but you don t know i m a yo yo just like a yo yo on a string i m a yo yo little child playing with a yo yo yo yo yo yo girl you had me dangling like a yo yo on a string but with you at the controls i could accomplish anything yeah yeah yeah yeah you were just playing i was a little boy but when i grew into a man you threw away your toy like a yo yo yo yo you might be popular but it won t last for long so don t give up the day job in case it all goes wrong look at your ego watch it go up and down like a yo yo yo yo you needed me when you were cryin but now that you re laughing i m the last thing on your mind first you love me then you don t i m up and down like a yo yo yo yo i m a yo yo like a yo yo