The Breakdown

How could things be so easy some days

And so hard in times when I could use some help

Coming by my way

I just don't know why you won't take me for myself

You say that I should be somebody

Don't you think that I'd be funny in a suit and tie

Ol' mister nine-to-five

I just don't know why you won't take me for myself

I've been rackin' my brain

Tryin' to find a way to make ends meet

I've been making two bridges

Write you songs that you can sing

There ain't anybody else that I could be

Say, how long will it be now?

How long will it be now? How long will it be now?

How long will it take to make him see my side?

I ain't no nine-to-five

I just don't know why you won't take me for myself

If you could only own a mountain made of solid gold

What difference would it make, you'd just have more to break

And I don't know why you won't take me for myself

I just don't know why you won't take me for myself

I just don't know why you won't take me for myself

I just don't know why you won't take me for myself