Yo-Yo - The Kinks

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, watching channel 4

With his brains not expected home for an hour or more

He’s still drifting to and fro

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