Title: downright uptight (album version)
Composer: Joe Raposo / Tom Whedon
Lead vocals: Short Circus #1
Backing vocals: none
Scene: (From the TEC album.)
[SC] I was lookin’ up, till you put me down.
I was climbin’ up, till you shot me down.
Now I’m givin’ up, ‘cause you got me down.
Baby, I’m downright uptight, ‘cause of you.
[SG] I was lookin’ up. Couldn’t get me down.
[SC] Couldn’t get me down.
[SG] Happy as a pup. Never wore a frown.
[SC] Never wore a frown.
[JA] First you wound me up, then you ground me down.
[SC] Then you ground me down.
Baby, I’m downright uptight, thanks to you.
[MH] I was ????? and standing tall,
????? all the time.
[IC] Then you went and made that call.
[SC] Wish you’d saved the dime.
[DG] I was lookin’ up, till you put me down.
I was climbin’ up,
[SC] I was climbin’ up,
[DG] Till you flagged me down.
[SC] Till you flagged me down.
[IC] Now I’m givin’ up, ‘cause you dragged me down.
Baby, I’m
[SC] Downright uptight, ‘cause of you.
[SC] Downright uptight. Downright uptight.
Downright uptight, ‘cause of you.
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