You and I travel to the beat
Of a different drum
Oh, can't you tell by the way I run
Every time you make eyes at me Wo-oh

You cry and moan and say
"It will work out. "
But, honey child, I've got my doubts
You can't see the forest for the trees

Oh, don't get me wrong
It's not that I knock it
It's just that I am not in the market
For a boy who wants to love only me

Yes, and I ain't sayin' you ain't pretty
All I'm sayin'-- I'm not ready
For any person place or thing
To try and pull the reins in on me

So, good-bye, I'll be leavin'
I see no sense in this cryin' and grievin'
We'll both live a lot longer
If you live without me

[Short instrumental break]

Oh, don't get me wrong
It's not that I knock it
It's just that I am not in the market
For a boy who wants to love only me

Yes, and I ain't sayin' you ain't pretty
All I'm sayin'-- I'm not ready
For any person place or thing
To try and pull the reins in on me

So, good-bye, I'll be leavin'
I see no sense in this cryin' and grievin'
We'll both live a lot longer
If you live without me