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

Why do you build me up, buttercup, baby
Just to let me down and mess me around (ound)?
Build me up, Buttercup, don't break my heart
Why do you build me up, buttercup, baby
Just to let me down and mess me around (ound)?
Build me up, Buttercup, don't break my heart

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

Why do you build me up, buttercup, baby
Just to let me down and mess me around (ound)?
Build me up, Buttercup, don't break my heart
Why do you build me up, buttercup, baby
Just to let me down and mess me around (ound)?
Build me up, Buttercup, don't break my heart
"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
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

Why do you build me up, buttercup, baby
Just to let me down and mess me around (ound)?
Build me up, Buttercup, don't break my heart
Why do you build me up, buttercup, baby
Just to let me down and mess me around (ound)?
Build me up, Buttercup, don't break my heart

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