Be Good To Yourself

Album: Raised on Radio (1986)
Charted: 90 9
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  • Runnin' out of self-control
    Gettin' close to an overload
    Up against a no win situation
    Shoulder to shoulder, push and shove
    I'm hangin' up my boxin' gloves
    I'm ready for a long vacation

    Be good to yourself when, nobody else will
    Oh be good to yourself
    You're walkin' a high-wire, caught in a crossfire
    Oh be good to yourself

    When you can't give no more
    They want it all but you gotta say no
    I'm turnin' off the noise that makes me crazy
    Lookin' back with no regrets
    To forgive is to forget
    I want a little piece of mind to turn to

    Be good to yourself when, nobody else will
    Oh be good to yourself
    You're walkin' a high-wire, caught in a crossfire
    Oh be good to yourself

    Be good to yourself when, nobody else will Writer/s: John Friga, Neal Schon, Stephen Perry
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Wixen Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Theresa from Water Valley, Mississippi I was in New York 1982-1984 and I swear I heard this song on the radio...am I mistaken? This song turned me around because as the lyrics say, I was headed for an overload....
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