i thought the time was passed when i could

find beauty in a birds

i set the stage and the scenery

rehearsing every word

yeah but when i tried to make it more

well it was always less

and it's a thin line between pleasing yourself

and pleasing somebody else

oh yeah

oh yeah

all right



with my confidence on fire

i set to fixin' up my roles

my separation of desires

just left me deeper down in the hole

yeah when i tried to make it more

well it was always less

and it's a thin line between pleasing yourself

and pleasing somebody else

yeah and when i tried to make it more

well it was always less

it's a thin line between pleasing yourself

and pleasing somebody else



now i'm tryin to get back

to what i know that i should be

hoping to God that i was just

a temporary absentee

yeah when i tried to make it more

well it was always less

it's a thin line between pleasing yourself

and pleasing somebody else

yeah when i tried to make it more

well it was always less

and it's a thin line between pleasing yourself

and pleasing somebody else

somebody else oh yeah

oh yeah

all right





words and music gerard mchugh

copyright gerard mchugh 1990 rodney's rib music