Our Codependant Love
Words: Bob Bennett
(with Elinor Madiera suggesting "boots")
Music: Bob Bennett/Phil Madeira
© 1991 Bright Avenue Songs
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Cypress, CA 90630-6578
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Little Dude Music
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Going out of my head over you
I've got you under my skin
I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you
These boots are made for walkin'
I never did anything
You did not make me do
That's why I can't believe
You're telling me we're through
I sacrificed everything
It was the least that I could do
Now I'm paying the tab
And blaming it all on you
And our codependant love
Re-writing history
It's a twisted kind of fun
You can be Joan of Arc
And I'll be Atilla Hon'
When things get too complex
And I'm feelin' kinda bad
I shift myself into reverse
And blame my mom and dad
And our codependant love
No matter how hard I try
To live life to the full
I know I can never be good enough
Because I'm so dysfunctional
My life is so lonely now
The hours take too long
But I've got six feet worth of books
To tell me what went wrong
With our codependant love
When I need a vacation
From tormenting trouble and trial
I simply choose to take a cruise
To the Island of Denial
That Isle of Denial!
I'm faking my mental health
But I hope it never shows
Hey, I think your inner child
Just punched mine in the nose
There's one thing I have to know
And that will be enough
How did we ever get along
Before we knew all of this stuff
About our codependant love
Our codependant love?
Our codependant love
Did-not-want-to-end-it love
Our codependant love
I'm the defendant guilty of
Our codependant love
I-could-not-mend-it love
Don't I look resplendent
In our codependant love?
Even when you're gone, you're still around