LIVING UNDER PRESSURE
(Baker Knight)

Carl Belew & Betty Jean Robinson - 1972



 
BOTH:
We're living under pressure to be free
We're living under pressure you and me
Carl:
So do your thing if you can bear the weight
Betty:
Honey, go your way if you can pay the freight

BETTY:
Standing at the window cooking dinner
The drapes are pulled to let the world come in
CARL:
I know you're thinkin' 'bout the love left in you
And you're cryin' to be livin' once again

BETTY:
Remember how we walked the road together
CARL:
Remember how we've loved along the way
BOTH:
But trying test of time we could not weather
We decided straight to hell with yesterday

BOTH:
We're living under pressure to be free
We're living under pressure you and me
Carl:
So do your thing if you can bear the weight
Betty:
Honey, go your way if you can pay the freight

BETTY:
We've learned that butterflies can't last forever
The strain of daily life's begin to tell
So don't you think that parting would be clever
For freedom seems to fit you very well

CARL:
And now our hopes and dreams have all been shattered
For love's been such a disappointing climb
When we walk away from all that's mattered
Let's remember all the good things left behind

BOTH:
We're living under pressure to be free
We're living under pressure you and me
Carl:
So do your thing if you can bear the weight
Betty:
Honey, go your way if you can pay the freight

BOTH:
We're living under pressure to be free
We're living under pressure.......FADE



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2010)