You Write The Book
 

(Rick Springfield/Jeff Silverman)

Oh ya look at him and see a tortured man

A man with a plan you both cried as it all fell apart

Yeah, it broke his heart

You held him close and tried to heal his wounds

But he pushed you away

Something good switched off in his heart

Yeah, in his heart

And all that's precious is a stranger now

He's gonna drag you down into his fire

Afraid to leave but you're going nowhere

Like climbing mountains as they just get higher

You write the book

Turn over the page

You say that you're trapped

Baby you built the cage

Yeah, you write the book

Gotta pick up your pen

With all the love in your heart

Start living again

(You write the book)

I don't know who taught you in your life

Who told you this was right to take all that a bad man can give

That's no way to live

It makes me sad to see what he does to you

It makes me sadder still just to see what you let him do

What you let him do

He's so angry, he knows you can take it

He lashes out and he makes you pay

He doesn't know who he's fighting anymore

It's a battle ground unless you say

You write the book

Turn over the page

You say that you're trapped

Baby you built the cage

Yeah, you write the book

Gotta and pick up your pen

With all the love in your heart

Start your living again

They'll make it sound so easy

I don't know what's at stake

The first step is always the hardest

To walk away

But, that's the one you gotta take

Don't be fighting in his dirty war

You're not his prisoner lying helpless on the floor

You write the book

Turn over the page

You say that you're trapped

But,  you built the cage

You write the book

So pick up your pen

With love in your heart

You can start living again

You write the book

Turn over the page

You say that you're trapped

But, baby you built the cage

Yeah, you write the book

Gotta pick up your pen

With all the love in your heart

Start living again

You write the book

Turn over the page

You say that you're trapped

But, baby you built the cage

Yeah, you write the book

Gotta pick up your pen

With all the love in your heart

Start living again

You write the book

Turn over

You write the book

You say that you're trapped

But, you built the cage

You write the book

You write the book

Pick up your pen

You write the book

You write the book

Start living

You write the book

You write the book

Turn over

You write the book

You say you're trapped

But you built the cage

You write the book

You write the book

Turn over

You write the book

But you say you're trapped

You write the book

You write the book

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