It was easy to pick me up, easy to put me down<br />
It was easy to give you all the love I had<br />
And it was easy for you to make me think<br />
I had made the grass turn green<br />
'Cause the little love you gave me<br />
Was more than I had seen<br />
<br />
Helen, it hurts when I try to be strong<br />
When most of the reasons for livin' are gone<br />
Well you got me where you want me, a lonely cryin' clown<br />
And you've almost got the best of me<br />
And you've almost got me down<br />
<br />
Well, it seems the givers always get taken just for fools<br />
'Cause takers know that livers, lie by all the rules<br />
While lovers do the livin' and the livin' do their best<br />
And the takers take it all the time and the givers get the rest<br />
<br />
Helen, it hurts when I try to be strong<br />
When most of the reasons for livin' are gone<br />
Well you got me where you want me, a lonely cryin' clown<br />
And you've almost got the best of me<br />
And you've almost got me down<br />
And you've almost got the best of me<br />
And you've almost got me down