Why do you build me up (build me up)
Buttercup baby, just to let me down (let me down)
And mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all)
You never call, baby
When you say you will (say you will)
But I love you still
I need you (I need you)
More than anyone, darling
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up)
Buttercup, but don't break my heart

"I'll be over at ten", you told me time and again
But your late, I wait around and then (bah-dah-dah)
I run to the door, I can't take anymore
It's not you, you let me down again

(Hey, hey, hey) Baby, baby, try to find
(Hey, hey, hey) A little time, and I'll make you happy
(Hey, hey, hey) I'll be home
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
Ooo-oo-ooo (ooo-oo-ooo)

Why do you build me up (build me up)
Buttercup baby, just to let me down (let me down)
And mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all)
You never call, baby
When you say you will (say you will)
But I love you still
I need you (I need you)
More than anyone, darling
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up)
Buttercup, but don't break my heart

To you I'm a toy, but I could be the boy you adore
If you'd just let me know (bah-dah-dah)
I know your untrue, but I'm attracted to you all the more
Why do I need you so (hey, hey, hey)

Baby, baby, try to find (hey, hey, hey)
A little time and I'll make you happy
I'll be home, I'll be beside the phone
Waitin' for you (OoO-OoO)
Why do you build me up (build me up)
Buttercup baby, just to let me down (let me down)
And mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all)
You never call, baby
When you say you will (say you will)
But I love you still
I need you (I need you)
More than anyone, darling
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up)
Buttercup, but don't break my heart

(Til' song fades)
Build me up (build me up)
Buttercup baby, just to let me down (let me down)
And mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all)
You never call baby, when you say you will (say you will)