Whatever It Is, I Just Can't Stop

If I pick it up, I can put it down

Whatever it is I just can't stop

For only 20 seconds at a time it's all mine

I got too much pressure got me under it's thumb

And it's no fun, you can lose

Now I got a choice but I can't choose

Insistent as you are

Is no guarantee that you'll go far

Rock steady if you can

But I've never been a steady man

People wanna shoot you down

If you can't swim then you will drown

In sorrow

Can't get any medical attention till tomorrow

Sadlands are where I live

But that's none of your business

You keep asking and soon enough

The kids gonna have to get rough

Maybe I'm a speed king

Push with the foot and I'm smiling

I can glide on the love inside

And there was you thinking

That my hands were tied

All along I saw you hoping

I would slip and I'm not joking

The evidence in these events

Is still your lack of commonsense

Did you really think that I would sink

Because I like another drink

Have to get up to get down

The remedy is the sound

Absurdity of your suggestion

Leaves me asking just one question

If you're my friend today

Why do you wanna hear me say?

If I pick it up, can I put it down?

Whatever it is, I just can't stop

If I pick it up, can I put it down?

Whatever it is, I just can't stop