If I pick it up, can I 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 no 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 in the sound
  Absurdity of your suggestion,
  Leaves me asking just one question,
  If you are 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
  [Repeat]