How Could I Let You Get Away

Like howdy-do Your tin soldiers, your clowns too They're all laughing at you I'm laughing at you too Like basketball Five fouls and that was all The games you really knew, yeah Why couldn't I beat you In the middle of the room Got no time to count my sheep today How could I let you get away When I knew I'd need somebody soon hoo hoo How could I let you get away When I knew I'd need somebody soon Like mother goose Winds you up then turns you loose Block ten was beatin' two And I can't tell green from blue, no no Like cat and mouse Games of chase instead of house I get so mad at you Like parents often do In the middle of the room Got no time to count my sheep today, baby How could I let you get away When I knew I'd need somebody soon, hoo hoo (How could I let you get away) baby When I knew I'd need somebody soon Ooh baby (How could I let you get away, baby) how could I let you get away, baby (When I knew) when I knew I'd need somebody soon, yeah Hey, baby I didn't count my sheep, I let them moan and weep, baby (When I knew I'd) I knew down inside I'd need somebody soon Like mother goose I done let you loose (how could I let you get away) And need you, baby, yeah Ooh-wee, I need somebody soon Help me now, keep my feet on the ground (how could I let you get away) My baby