Linda Ronstadt
"Do What You Gotta Do" lyrics

Do What You Gotta Do

Man, I can understand
How it might be
Kinda hard
To love a girl like me
I don't blame you much
For wanting to be free
I just wanted you to know

I love you better
Than your own kin did
From the very start
It's my own fault
For what happens to my heart
You see I've always known you'd go

But you just do
What you gotta do
My wild sweet love
Though it may mean
I'll never kiss your
Sweet lips again
Pay that no mind
Just find that dappled dream of yours
Come on back
And see me when you can

Well, I know they make you sad
They make you feel so bad
They say you don't treat me
Like you should
Folks got ways
To make you feel no good
I guess they got no way to know

I've had my eyes
Wide open from the start
And boy
You never lied to me
And the part of you
They'll never see
Is the part you've shown to me

So you just do
What you gotta do
My wild sweet love
Though it may mean
I'll never kiss those
Sweet lips again
Pay that no mind
Just find that dappled dream of yours
Come on back
And see me
Come on back
And see me
Come on back
See me when you can

Come on back
Come on back
Oh
Come on back
Come on back
Ooh, ooh
Come on back
Come on back

Authors: Jimmy Webb