TIED UP

(B. Thompson)

Tied up, tied up, tied up,
Tied up, tied up, tied up
Tied up, tied up, tied up

What is the use, I said,
Can't take it higher
Who says a mate does make a man?
When I'm on the loose its well enough
To make it work out
It does no good to let me go.

Tied up, tied up, tied up
Tied up, tied up, tied up
Tied up, tied up, tied up
Caught me once when I was,
When I was twenty-one
Said I could not make another show.
Caught me once again
That very same year
This time it won't let me go.
Tied up, tied up, tied up
Tied up, tied up, tied up
Tied up, tied up, tied up
Tied up, tied up, tied up