That Old Pair of Jeans - Fatboy Slim, Norman Cook

All you used to do was put me down

But I found a way to pick myself up off the ground, and I

And all you used to do was criticize me

But now I found the good and I emphasize it, see

You would always get so sensitive

And try to turn your transgressions into my guiltiness, but now

I’m certain of the way I live

And what I’m responsible for in this twisted game

And it’s such a shame that you

Try to make pain another word for my name

Whether giving or receiving, it’s one and the same

Just one more link in your long-ass chain

But it’s time to break this frame and my strengthful will

Time to jump off this negative cycle we’ve built

Gave my heart, but my self-respect you won’t steal

Now it’s time to let you go if you can’t hear or feel me, so

So I asked my momma for her two cents

And then I asked my little sister and I asked my friend

Then I asked my poppa once and I asked him again

Came to the consensus from all them opinions

That life is too short to be unhappy

And since I know what I’m worth, there’ll be no settling for dirt

Knowing what I deserve is gold

If I want diamonds, then I can’t settle for coal

And maybe I was just too strong to let go

Maybe I was just too weak to let it show

Maybe I was just too stubborn to say no

But whatever the case, I can’t take it no more

Sometimes I think maybe we’ll patch it all up

Like a favorite pair of jeans that you won’t give up on

And I hope maybe one of these arguments will make up

And start again like when we had started this up

Back when everything was fresh and every moment a blessing

I’d laugh at all of your jokes, you’d listen to my suggestions

One mind, one soul, one common destination

Now we can’t help but fight over the direction