Lyric Mixed Up Girl

(Jimmy Webb)

Ah, ha, ah
Gonna let you go my angel
Though I could make you stay
I could use my blind self-pity
Throw it in your way
But the times have turned between us
And you know I don t believe
That it makes one bit of difference
If you stay or if you leave

Why can t I be lonely
Like that lonely rushing river?
Pushing down a mountain
On it s way to meet the sea

Why can t I need somebody
Like that river needs that ocean?
Why did you have to get so mixed up, baby?
With a mixed up girl
With a mixed up girl like me, yeah

Gonna make it short now, angel
Though I could make it long
I could take through all the changes
And show you where you re wrong

But our dreams don t flow together
And you ll never, never see the light
So it really, really doesn t matter
Who is wrong or who is right?
Oh, why can t I be lonely
Like that lonely rushing river?
It s pushing down the mountain
On its way to meet the sea

Oh, why can t I need somebody
Like that river needs that ocean?
Why did you have to get so mixed up, baby?
With a mixed up girl
With a mixed up girl like me, mmm, ooh, mmm, ooh