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I Wanna Say Yes

by Louise Mandrell

on Maybe My Baby (1981), Anthology (1998)

I'm trying not to let him get to me
I'm holding onto this philosophy
If I never let him in my heart
He can't get much further than my arms

Everything my mama said was true
Men won't buy what they can freely use
How much longer will he stay around
And how much longer can I turn him down

Not long
Not much longer
I can't go on fighting
Something so exciting like his kiss
There's just too much temptation in this situation like this

Well, I wanna say yes
But I gotta say no
I'm torn in between which way to go
Gotta say no
But I'm possessed
I'd rather pay the price of saying yes
Oh, yes

My nerves are shot
I'm not myself at all
This indecision has me up a wall
It's falling on my feeling right and wrong
Just a question now of how long
Not much longer

I can't go on fighting
Something so exciting like his kiss
There's just too much temptation in this situation like this

Well, I wanna say yes
But I gotta say no
I'm torn in between which way to go
Gotta say no
But I'm possessed
I'd rather pay the price of saying yes
Oh yes

Well, I wanna say yes
But I gotta say no
I'm torn in between which way to go
Gotta say no
But I'm possessed
I'd rather pay the price of saying yes

Oh yes
But I gotta say no
I'm torn in between which way to go
Gotta say no
But I'm possessed
I'd rather pay the price of saying yes