I've had enough of dangerPeople on the streetsI'm looking out for angelsJust trying to find some peaceI think it's timeThat you let me knowSo if you love me say you love meBut if you don't just let me go
'Cause teacherThere are thingsThat I don't want to learnAnd the last one I had made me crySo I don't want to learn to hold you touch youThink that you're mineBecause it ain't no joy for an uptown boyWhose teacher has told him goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
When you were just a stranger and I was at your feetI didn't feel the dangerNow I feel the heatThat look in your eyes telling me "No"So you think that you love meKnow that you need meI wrote the songI know it's wrongJust let me go
And teacherThere are things that I don't want to learnOh the last one I had made me crySo I don't want to learn to hold you, touch youThink that you're mineBecause it ain't no joy for an uptown boyWhose teacher has told him goodbye goodbye goodbye
So when you say that you need meThat you'll never leave meI know you're wrong you're not that strong let me go
And teacherThere are thingsThat I still have to learnBut the one thing I have is my prideOhSo I don't want to learn to hold you touch youThink that you're mineBecause there ain't no joy for an uptown boyWho just isn't willing to tryI'm so cold insideMaybe just one more try