Mixed-Up Guy - Jimmy Webb

I’m gon' let you go now, angel

Though I could make you stay

I could use my blind self-pity

And 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

Oh, why (why)

Can’t I be lonely (lonely)

Like that lonely rushin' river

Ah, that’s pushin' down the mountain

On its way to meet the sea?

Oh, why (why)

Can’t I need someone (someone)

Like that river needs that ocean?

Oh, why did you have to get so mixed-up, baby

With a mixed-up guy

(Mixed-up guy)

With a mixed-up guy like me?

I’m gon' make it short now, angel

Though I could make it long

I could take you through 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 doesn’t matter

Who is wrong, and who is right

Oh, why (why)

Can’t I be lonely (lonely)

Like that lonely rushin' river

Ah, that’s pushin' down the mountain

On its way to meet the sea?

Oh, why (why)

Can’t I need someone (someone)

Like that river needs that ocean?

Oh, why did you have to get so mixed-up, baby

With a mixed-up guy

(Mixed-up guy)

With a mixed-up guy like me?

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