Brenda Lee - HD & CC - Takin' What I Can Get

Lyrics below and on screen.This song is from 1976's "L.A. Sessions" album (MCA-2223 10/28/1976). It was a single, backed by "Your Favorite Worn Out Nightmare's Coming Home" (MCA-40640 10/18/1976). It was recorded 2 September 1976 Hollywood, CA with Producer: Snuff Garrett and Steve Dorff doing the arrangement and conducting the orchestra. A minor hit, it reached #41 on the country chart. Show aired Jan 15, 1977.
( Written By Johnny Cunningham )
It's a crime the way you treat me
Night time's the only time you meet me
And hotel rooms with shades pulled down
Morning comes and you're never around
And it's a sin the way I love you
But my friend, I can't rise above you
Lord knows it's killing me
But that's the way it's gotta be
And I keep taking what I can get, regretting the day we me
(Just) Letting you do your thing, in love's name
(And) I keep holding on to you, there's nothing left for me to do
Guess I should find somebody new, and break these chains
But I'm caught in the wheels, of love's cheating game
Your daughter's only three, too young to know 'bout you and me
Ah her mama needs you, too, just the way I need you
And love, I should not complain
For I'm just as much to blame
I've known all along, what we've been doing's wrong
And I keep taking what I can get, regretting the day we me
(Just) Letting you do your thing, in love's name
(And) I keep holding on to you, there's nothing left for me to do
Guess I should find somebody new, and break these chains
But I'm caught in the wheels, of love's cheating game
Our thanks to LES WRAIGHT for the lyrics.