by You Were Working As A Waitress In A Cocktail Bar Lyrics By The Human League. The song is sung by The Human League while lyrics penned by Jo Callis, Philip Adrian Wright and Philip Oakey. The song is a dramatic duet about a breakup, told from both sides. The man feels fooled, believes he is responsible for the woman’s success and can’t accept that she is leaving him. He sees her decision as ungrateful and threatens result, emotionally sticking to the past. The woman, still, declare her independence, admiring their good times but maintaining that his success and growth were hers as well, and that it is now time for her to move on.
You Were Working As A Waitress In A Cocktail Bar Lyrics
[Verse 1: Philip Oakey]
You were workin’ as a waitress in a cocktail bar
When I met you
I picked you out, I shook you up, and turned you around
Turned you into someone new
Now five years later on, you’ve got the world at your feet
Success has been so easy for you
But don’t forget, it’s me who put you where you are now
And I can put you back down too
[Pre-Chorus: Philip Oakey]
Don’t, don’t you want me?
You know I can’t believe it when I hear that you won’t see me
Don’t, don’t you want me?
You know I don’t believe you when you say that you don’t need me
It’s much too late to find
You think you’ve changed your mind
You’d better change it back or we will both be sorry
[Chorus: Philip Oakey]
Don’t you want me, baby?
Don’t you want me? Oh
Don’t you want me, baby?
Don’t you want me? Oh
[Verse 2: Susan Ann Sulley]
I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
That much is true
But even then, I knew I’d find a much better place
Either with or without you
The five years we have had have been such good times
I still love you
But now I think it’s time I live my life on my own
I guess it’s just what I must do
[Pre-Chorus: Philip Oakey]
Don’t, don’t you want me?
You know I can’t believe it when I hear that you won’t see me
Don’t, don’t you want me?
You know I don’t believe you when you say that you don’t need me
It’s much too late to find
You think you’ve changed your mind
You’d better change it back or we will both be sorry
[Chorus: Philip Oakey]
Don’t you want me, baby?
Don’t you want me? Oh
Don’t you want me, baby?
Don’t you want me? Oh
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus: Philip Oakey]
Don’t you want me, baby?
Don’t you want me? Oh
Don’t you want me, baby?
Don’t you want me? Oh
Don’t you want me, baby?
Don’t you want me? Oh
Don’t you want me, baby?
Don’t you want me? Oh
Don’t you want me, baby?
Don’t you want me? Oh
Don’t you want me, baby?
Don’t you want me? Oh
Don’t you want me, baby?
