Tilt Lyrics - Joe Jackson

Sunday evening down the penny arcade 

I see your face in the pinball game 

Put in a quarter and it starts to fade 

Tell myself it won't appear again 

But this is just another game I've played so badly 

Right from the start 

And through the bells and buzzers you're still singing sadly 

It tears me apart 

The higher you fly 

The farther you gotta fall 

Tilt - you're pushing too hard 

Try just another ball 

Tilt - so why's it so hard 

Keeping it under control 

Take it easy take your time, you said 

Take me home I'll see you soon enough 

You say I'm pushing but it's in your head 

I feel so helpless, you say I'm so tough 

And now we fight it out until I just can't hear you 

I can't understand 

When all I want is just permission to be near you 

Holding your hand 

But nobody said 

The lights would keep flashing red 

Tilt - you're pushing too hard 

Try just another ball 

Tilt - so why's it so hard 

Keeping it under control