What Do I Get?

By Buzzcocks

On I Am The Amazing Buzzcocks

Released on 1978

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[Verse 1]

I just want a lover like any other, what do I get?

I only want a friend who'll stay to the end, what do I get?


[Chorus]

What do I get? Oh-oh-oh, what do I get?

What do I get? Oh-oh-oh, what do I get?


[Verse 2]

I'm in distress, I need a caress, what do I get?

I'm not on the make, I just need a break, what do I get?


[Chorus]

What do I get? Oh-oh-oh, what do I get?

What do I get? Oh-oh-oh, what do I get?


[Post-Chorus]

I only get sleepless nights

Alone here in my half-empty bed

For you, things seem to turn out right

I wish they'd only happen to me instead


[Chorus]

What do I get? Oh-oh-oh, what do I get?

What do I get? Oh-oh-oh, what do I get? Ah


[Instrumental Break]


[Post-Chorus]

I only get sleepless nights

Alone here in my half-empty bed

For you, things seem to turn out right

I wish they'd only happen to me instead


[Chorus]

What do I get? Oh-oh-oh, what do I get?

What do I get? Oh-oh-oh, what do I get?


[Verse 3]

I just want a lover like any other, what do I get?

I only want a friend who'll love to the end, what do I get?


[Chorus]

What do I get? Oh-oh-oh, what do I get?

What do I get? Oh-oh-oh, what do I get? Well, let me tell you now


[Outro]

(What do I get?)

(What do I get?)

(What do I get?) No love

(What do I get?) No sleep at nights

(What do I get?) Nothing that's nice

(What do I get?) Nothing at all, at all, at all, at all, at all, at all, at all

'Cause I don't get you