Mixed-Up Girl Songtext
von Aretha Franklin

Gonna let you go, my angel
Though I want you to stay
I could use my blind self-pity
Throw it in your way
Though the times have turned between us
And I know you don′t believe
That it makes one bit of difference
If you stay or if you leave

Why can't I be lonely like that lonely rushing river
That′s pushing down a mountain on its way to meet the sea?
Why can't I need someone like that river needs ocean?
Why did you have to get so mixed up baby
With a mixed up girl, with a mixed up girl like me? Oh


Gonna make it short now, angel
Though I could make it long
I could take you through all the changes
Show you where you're wrong
But our dreams don′t go together
And you′ll never see the light
So it really doesn't matter
Who was wrong, who was right

Yeah, why can′t I be lonely like that lonely rushing river
That's pushing down a mountain on its way to meet the sea?
Oh, why can′t I need someone like that river needs ocean?
Why did you have to get so mixed up baby
With a mixed up girl (with a mixed up girl) with a crazy girl like me?

Kinda way out, did you like it?
Cut it
You did like it?
Alright, you messed up but I liked it (Aretha, come here)
I would like to ask you to forgive us for a few moments anyway but
We're trying out new things that we haven′t recorded
I know you're expecting to hear a lot of the things that we have heard on record and you'll hear
But fair with us just for a minute, we′re trying out something new, okay