Breakin' Down

by Ben Harper

From the album: Welcome to the Cruel World

Track 3 of 13 on Welcome to the Cruel World (1994).

Duration: 4:00

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Lyrics for Breakin' Down

You don't believe that I love you And even if that was true Why just to keep our unhappy home I'm gonna try to pretend that I do But I'm breakin' down I'm breakin' down I'm breakin' down I'm breakin' down My baby she left me Said she ain't comin' back around And I'm breakin' down I'm breakin' down And if I thought that it was okay For a grown man to cry I would have filled up the whole mighty ocean When she said goodbye And I'm breakin' down I'm breakin' down I'm breakin' down I'm breakin' down You know my baby she left me Said she ain't comin' back around And I'm breakin' down I'm breakin' down One day you said everything was just right I don't see how it changed overnight One day you said everything was so strong The next day you turn to me and say It' s been wrong all along Oh and now you won't even look at me You pass me by in the street and you won't even speak I never meant to cause you any harm How could two people start so close And end up so far I'm breakin' down I'm breakin' down I'm breakin' down I'm breakin' down

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More from Welcome to the Cruel World

  1. The Three Of Us
  2. Whipping Boy
  3. Breakin' Down
  4. Don't Take That Attitude To Your Grave
  5. Waiting On An Angel
  6. Mama's Got A Girlfriend Now
  7. Forever
  8. Like A King
  9. Pleasure And Pain
  10. Walk Away
  11. How Many Miles Must We March
  12. Welcome To The Cruel World
  13. I'll Rise