why do you build me up
build me up buttercup baby just to let me down
let me down and mess me around and then worst of all
worst of all
you never call baby when you say you will say you will
but i love you still
i need you i need you
darling you know that i have from the start
so build me up build me up buttercup
don't break my heart
i'll be over at ten
you told me time and again
but you're late
i wait around and then i went to the door
i can't take any more without you
you let me down again
hey hey hey baby baby i try to find hey hey hey time
and i'll make you happy i'll be home
i'll be beside the phone waiting for you
oh oh
why do you build me up
build me up buttercup baby just to let me down
and mess me around and then worst of all
you never call baby when you say you will
but i love you still
i need you more than anyone
darlin' know that i have from the start
so build me up build me up buttercup
don't break my heart
to you i'm a toy but i could be the boy you adore
if you just let me know bah dah dah you're untrue
i'm attracted to you all the more
why do i need you so
hey hey hey baby baby try
to find hey hey hey
a little time and i'll make you happy
i'll be home i'll be beside the phone waiting
why do you build me up build me up
buttercup baby just to let me down
let me down and mess me around
and then worst of all worst of all
you never call baby when you say you will say you will
but i love you still i need you
i need you more than anyone
darling you know that i have from the start
so build me up build me up
buttercup don't break my heart
i need you more than anyone
baby you know that i have from the start
so build me up build me up
buttercup don't break my heart