Jim Patton and Sherry Brokus - Just Doesn't Work Anymore

Just Doesn’t Work Anymore

So I bought a 500 dollar car
Didn’t cost a lot
Didn’t go too far
At the end of the day
I was walking home in the dark

It's broken now beyond repair
It's a crying shame
But life ain't fair
After awhile
I learned not to care

Cause it just doesn’t work anymore
It just doesn’t work anymore
It’s gone for good
It’s part of the past
Like everything else
It wasn’t made to last
They don't build nothing
Like they did before
And it just doesn’t work anymore

Then I bought a house
On the edge of town
Looked like the funkiest place around
And the roof wasn’t bad,
Only leaked when the rain came down

I bought it cheap
But I paid too much
Started falling apart
At my first touch
It’s a piece of junk
It’s worthless stuff

Cause it just doesn’t work anymore
It just doesn’t work anymore
It’s gone for good
It’s part of the past
Like everything else
It wasn’t made to last
They don't build nothing
Like they did before
And it just doesn’t work anymore

I could throw good money after bad
'Cept that'd be something I never had
Like you and me babe
It's all just so damn sad

Should I cry and moan?
Should I beg and plead?
Should I say a prayer
From my bended knees?
Should I waste my breath
Singing baby please please please?

That won't fix it up
Might make it worse
At the end of the day
I'd feel like dirt
I gotta let go
And that’s what really hurts

Cause it just doesn’t work anymore
It just doesn’t work anymore
It’s gone for good
It’s part of the past
Like everything else
It wasn’t made to last
They don't build nothing
Like they did before
And it just doesn’t work
It just doesn’t work
No it just doesn’t work anymore

© words and music by Jim Patton & Jeff Talmadge