just like my sister with a spinning top you whip me round and round and round and i can t stop i m running after you just like a lovesick dog feeling like the little boy who s lost in the fog just like a fly who s attracted to jam you put me next to you and baby that s what i am your messing me up just like a broken toy stick me back together again say i m your boy but i carry my pride like a burning cross i won t let you buy it not at any cost you ain t got the hold on me you had before i got to get my self away and save my soul get out of my way you you ain t no good bad just like a string on a fiddlers bow you got me all so tensed up tight you won t let me go the price i pay to keep your love is much too high if you quit me it will hit me baby i ll die but i carry my pride like a burning cross i won t let you buy it not at any cost you ain t got no hold on me you had before i got to get my self away and save my soul yeah i said i carry my pride like a burning cross i won t let you buy it not at any cost no no you ain t got the hold on me you had before i got to get my self away and save my soul  save my soul woman get off my back oh yeah you re dragging me down baby leave me alone oh yeah