Written by Gerry Beckley, ©1973
Found on Hat Trick, Heard, and Highway.
Why do you laugh at me when you know I really care
You sometimes act as though I'm not even there
And yet if you did to me the things I do to you
I would surely say we're through
Don't you know that I love you
I was hoping you'd love me, too
Don't you know that I love you, love you
If I seem to you indiff'rent once or twice
It's because I was feelin' quite that way
And the time I hung up the phone and didn't speak again
Well, it's funny to look back then
Didn't I love you (Love you)
Didn't I love you all the time
Didn't you need me (Need me)
Wasn't it a long, hard climb
Don't you know that I love you
I was hoping you'd love me, too
Don't you know that I love you, love youYou don't even know me
But you hunt me the same
You don't even know me
But you hunt me the same
You don't even see me
But you seek me the same-
And you cheat the scales
When you push in
The stakes are fixed
So I can never win,
And if all fails you can pull on the line
It's a whales tail that I leave hehind
You don't take no heed but you want to get my
Still you pay no kind
Keep pulling in
Chain the tide
So that i Can't swim
And if all else fails you can pull on the line
You don't even know me
But you own me the same
You don't even know me
But you own me the same
And when your net is empty
Its still me who you blame
When the deep blue sea
Grows dead and still
Take a bow
You had a hand in it.
And if all fails you can pull on the line
It's a whales tail that to leave hehind
You don't take no heed but you want to get my mind-
And if all else fails You can pull on the line.