[Verse 1]
What the use of the back rub, and everything that I do that you ask for
If I could make you feel better I don’t pass up
And now you gotta get gone
I done spent a lot of nights trying to make it all right
Up on cloud 9 i was on those flights
You should've told me that you had a little fear of heights
Before I were to think that you and me could have a life
Created me a monster, yes i admit
Stayed with you wen i found out about the chick
I should have left then but I’m gonna leave now
You ain’t stepping up so I gotta step down
You gotta understand my position
Keep talkin so you can’t listen
You done up'd and made it all different
When you was close it still felt distant

[Chorus: K. Michelle]
So I’m gonna step down, it’s only right baby
I gotta step down, cause I’m the kind of lady
And I ain’t in the business trying to keep no dude
That ain’t trying to be kept
No, no, beating the hell out of a dead horse, out of a dead horse
Now we ain’t working no more
Beating the hell out of a dead horse, out of a dead horse
It ain’t working no more
I’m so tired, so damn tired
Beating the hell out of a dead horse
Beating the hell out of a dead horse
It ain’t working no more
[Verse 2]
We was making love like all day
Then I guess it all just changed
How you say that you ain't know a thang
After all the times I complained
You said you was thinking bout a ring
And I was dumb enough to believe
Putting all this stress on me, look all this I don’t need
So I guess I have to proceed
Instead of us I’ma do me
It’s time for me to break free
You and me together just can’t be

[Chorus: K. Michelle]
So I’m gonna step down, it’s only right baby
I gotta step down, cause I’m the kind of lady
And I ain’t in the business creating no wish list
They ain’t even realistic
Beating the hell out of a dead horse, out of a dead horse
Beating the hell out of a dead horse, out of a dead horse
It ain’t working no more
I’m so tired, so damn tired
Beating the hell out of a dead horse
Beating the hell out of a dead horse
It ain’t working no more
[Outro: K. Michelle]
This love seems quite unfamiliar
Words mean nothing if I can’t feel 'em
Beating the hell out of a dead horse
Beating the hell out of a dead horse
Yeah, boy you crazy, you got this twisted
This good loving that you gon miss it
Beating the hell out of a dead horse
Beating the hell out of a dead horse
It ain’t working no more, more