Ooh baby, got a hold on me, I can’t deny it
You locked the door and you swallowed the key
And I… and I kept quiet
Yeah baby, got a hold on me, I didn’t want to be alone
I stayed with you `cause I really believed
That I couldn’t make it on my own
But I’m getting a little bit smarter
Gettin’ tired of playin’ the martyr
And I know what you’re all about
I Want Out!
I Want Out!
Ooh baby, your lovin’ told on me, I couldn’t smile anymore
My friends all told me, baby can’t you see?
But I wasn’t seeing clear before
Now I’m getting a little bit smarter
Gettin’ tired of playin’ the martyr
And I know what you’re all about
I Want Out!
I Want Out!
Ooh baby, got a hold on me, I didn’t want to be alone
I stayed with you `cause I really believed
That I couldn’t make it
I Want Out!
Ooh baby, got a hold on me
I Want Out!
Ooh baby, got a hold on me
I Want Out!
Ooh baby, got a hold on me
I Want Out!
Ooh baby, got a hold on me
I Want Out!
Ooh baby, got a hold on me
I Want Out!
Ooh baby, got a hold on me
I Want Out!
Ooh baby, got a hold on me
I Want Out!
Ooh baby, got a hold on me
I Want Out!
- Neil: Billy wrote that song and played it for me and he said, ‘Neil, what do you think about this melody?’ I said, ‘I don’t know, do you want to change it?’ So then we changed it; we changed the whole melody. He had a song already for that, but it became completely different. Usually you can’t do that. Once you hear a melody for a song you’re locked, no matter what words you sing. You’re always going back to that melody. We took it another way.
From the album(s): Get Nervous, Live From Earth, Pat Benatar - The Very Best of, and Pat Benatar - 36 All-Time Greatest Hits
Author(s): Neil Geraldo & Billy Steinberg
Time: 3:42
Copyright: @Copyright 1982 by Billy Steinberg, Neil T. Geraldo
Song lyrics checked for accuracy with Pat Benatar's Music Anthology