The Kinks — Yo-Yo

There are many different people Livin' double lives One for the office And one that they take home to their wives He sits in the armchair, watches Channel 4 With his brains not expected home for an hour or more He's still drifting to and from Like a yo-yo His wife is in the kitchen, fixin' her old man's tea She's thinking to herself "He's not the man that married me, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah." They used to laugh together, now he's never at home Now she's fighting back the tears, she can't even laugh alone She's just sitting by the telephone Like a yo-yo You needed me when you were crying But now you're laughing, I'm the last thing on your mind First, you love me, then you don't I'm up and down Like a yo-yo Yo-yo Ah, you thought you knew me pretty well But with people like me, you never can tell You can only guess which way I'll go You got me sussed, but you don't know I'm a yo-yo Just like a yo-yo on a string I'm a yo-yo Little child playing with a yo-yo Yo-yo, yo-yo Girl, you had me dangling, like a yo-yo on a string But with you at the controls I could accomplish anything, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah You were just playing, I was a little boy But when I grew into a man, you threw away your toy Like a yo-yo Yo-yo You might be popular, but it won't last for long So don't give up the day job, in case it all goes wrong Look at your ego, watch it go Up and down like a yo-yo Yo-yo You needed me when you were cryin' But now that you're laughing, I'm the last thing on your mind First, you love me, then you don't I'm up and down like a yo-yo Yo-yo I'm a yo-yo (yo-yo) Like a yo-yo