When you reached the top
of the ladder of success
I became second best
Thought you were high society
and you just as soon get rid of me
Told me not to be hanging
around
And now that you miss my love
and you've found I can't be replaced
The love I gave you cannot be erased
Now what you say, boy,
you say you want me back
Well, uh -uh, it ain't like that,
no, no, it ain't like that
Can 't be, can't be like that,
no, it ain't like that
Well, I sacrificed all I
had to stick by you
when times were bad
Then you walked away with
your head up high,
left me standing there to cry
Told me I was just one of your
stepping stone s
An d now that you find
yourself alone,
you need my affection,
the arms that gave you protection.
Now you're sneaking around my
door like an alley cat.
Well, uh -uh, it ain't like that.
Uh -uh, it ain't like that.
Baby, honey, honey,
all the things you do
Made me choose right away
of getting back to you
Said you didn't need me no how
Ooh, baby, look at you now
Now you must live the life
that you chose
Sorry, baby, but that's how it goes
I couldn't make you see our love
was the greatest gift of all
Without love to hold you up,
you're bound to fall into emptiness
A world where there's no tenderness
Now you say you found out
Just where it's at, but uh -uh
It ain't like that
No, baby, it ain't like that.
Can't be, can't be like that.
Oh, oh, it ain't like that.
No, no, baby, it ain't like that.
Can't be, can't be like that.
No, baby.