indigo girls – the weakness in me lyrics

“the weakness in me” is a joan armatrading song that the girls used
to do back in 1986, though they resurrected it a few times in 1991.
a version of it appears on “blue food.”
the weakness in me.
i’m not the sort of person who falls in and quickly out of love
but to you, i give my affection, right from the start.
i have a lover who loves me – how could i break such a heart?
yet still you get my attention.
why do you come here, when you know i’ve got troubles enough?
why do you call me, when you know i can’t answer the phone?
and make me lie when i don’t want to,
and make someone else some kind of an unknowing fool?
make me stay when i should not?
if you’re so strong then resolve the weakness in me.
why do you come here, and pretend to be just p-ssing by?
i need to see you – i need to hold you – tightly.
feeling guilty,
and i’m worried, and i’m waking from a tormented sleep
’cause this old love, you know it has me bound,
but this new love cuts so deep.
if i choose now, i’m bound to lose out;
one of you is gonna have to fall…
i need you, baby.
why do you come here, when you know i’ve got troubles enough?
why do you call me, when you know i can’t answer the phone?
and make me lie when i don’t want to,
and make someone else some kind of an unknowing fool?
make me stay when i should not?
if you’re so strong then resolve the weakness in me.
why do you come here, and pretend to be just p-ssing by?
i need to see you – i need to hold you – tightly.

- indigo girls lyrics