[Chorus]
Why do you 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'
You know that I have from the start
So build me up buttercup, don't break my heart

[Verse 1]
"I'll be over at ten, " you tell me time and again
But you're late, I wait around and then
I go to the door, and I can't take it any more
It's not you, you let me down again

[Pre-Chorus]
Baby, baby, try to find
A little time and I'll make you happy
I'll be home, I'll be beside the phone waiting for you, ooh, you

[Chorus]
Why do you 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'
You know that I have from the start
So build me up buttercup, don't break my heart
[Verse 2]
You were my toy, but I could be the boy you adore
If you'd just let me know
Although you're untrue, I'm attracted to you all the more
Why do I need you so?

[Pre-Chorus]
Baby, baby, try to find
A little time and I'll make you happy
I'll be home, I'll be beside the phone waiting for you, ooh, you

[Chorus]
Why do you 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'
You know that I have from the start
So build me up buttercup, don't break my heart