If I was running you should know
That I was running from
a hurricane system
If I was running you should know
That I stood my ground
a thousand times
If I seemed bothered well
I think you would feel similar
If they painted your whole house
red with your blood
So I stung
'cause I tired of
all of the beatings
And I sung
yeah I sung for the quiet man
Oh I didn't mean it
I didn't mean you no harm
Takes too much to get it right
It takes too much to get it right
From underneath this oversight
It takes too much to get it right
Takes too much to get it right
It takes too much to get it right
From underneath this oversight
It takes too much to get it right
I know don't you change my mind
But it takes too much to get it right
I know don't you change my mind
But it takes too much to get it right
If I had troubled you with
questions and questions
Well I knew nothing
If I seemed different
hey I never knew
And never learned the ways
of many men
I went underground as the wagons
circled in on me
And the walls of this old town
were tumbling down
I was done
I was spent all bar the shouting
But there were murmurs
down below
I couldn't quell them
I couldn't quell them at all
Takes too much to get it right
It takes too much to get it right
From underneath this oversight
It takes too much to get it right
Takes too much to get it right
It takes too much to get it right
From underneath this oversight
It takes too much to get it right
I know don't you change my mind
But it takes too much to get it right
I know don't you change my mind
But it takes too much to get it right