[Intro]
N.C.
Put your loving hand out, baby

'Cause I'm beggin'

   


[Chorus]
          
I'm beggin', b

eggin' you
         
So put your lo

       
ving hand out,

 baby
          
I'm beggin', b

eggin' you
         
So put your lo

      
ving hand out,

 darlin'


[Verse 1]
          
Riding high wh

en I was king
         
I played it ha

            
rd and fast, '

cause I had ev

erything
            
I walked away,

 
 you won me th

en
         
But easy come 

    
and easy go an

d it would end


[Verse 2]
  
So, anytime I 

bleed, you let

 me go
  
Yah, anytime I

 feed, you get

 me know
   
Anytime I seek

, you let me k

now
  
But I planted 

that seed, jus

t let me grow
  
I'm on my knee

s when I'm beg

gin'
            
'Cause I don't

            
 wanna lose yo


u
     
Hey, yeah, ra-

ta-ta-ta!


[Chorus]
            
'Cause I'm beg

     
gin', beggin' 

you
         
Uh, put your l

         
oving hand out

, baby
            
I'm beggin', b

  
eggin' you, ah
         
And put your l

             
oving hand out


, darlin'


[Verse 3]
            
I need you to 


understand
         
Tried so hard 

         
to be your man
            
The kind of ma

          
n you want in 

the end
         
Only then can 

         
I begin to liv

e again


[Verse 4]
            
An empty shell

   
, I used to be
         
The shadow of 

            
my life was ha

ngin' over me
            
A broken man t

 
hat I don't kn

ow
         
Won't even sta

         
nd the devil's

 dance to win 

my soul


[Verse 5]
         
What we doin'?

 What we chasi

n'?
         
Why the bottom

? Why the base

ment?
        
Why we got goo

d shit, don't 

embrace it?
         
Why the feel f

or the need to

 replace me?
         
You're the wro

ng way track f

rom the good
         
I want to pain

t a picture te

llin' where we

 could be at
       
Like a heart i

n the best way

 should
         
You can give i

t away, you ha

d it and you t

ook the pay
         
But I keep wal

kin' on, keep 

openin' doors
         
Keep hopin' fo

r, now the doo

r is yours
       
Keep also home
        
'Cause I don't

 want to live 

in a broken ho

me, girl, I'm 

beggin'


[Chorus]
              
Mmm, yeah-yeah

            
, yeah, I'm be

       
ggin', beggin'

 you
         
So put your lo

            
ving hand out,

 baby
           
I'm beggin', b


eggin' you
         
So put your lo

             
ving hand out,


 darlin'


[Bridge]
            
I'm fighting h

     
ard to hold my

 own
         
Just can't mak

      
e it all alone
            
I'm holding on

  
, I can't fall

 back
         
I'm just a cal

    
m, 'bout to fa

de to black


[Chorus]
          
I'm beggin', b

eggin' you
         
Put your lovin

        
g hand out, ba

by
           
I'm beggin', b


eggin' you
         
So put your lo

              
ving hand out,


 darlin'
           
I'm beggin', b


eggin' you
         
So put your lo

             
ving hand out,


 baby
           
I'm beggin', b


eggin' you
         
So put your lo

            
ving hand out,

 darlin'


[Outro]
           
I'm beggin', b


eggin' you
         
So put your lo

              
ving hand out,


 baby
          
I'm beggin', b

eggin' you
         
So put your lo

             
ving hand out