LIO        
(words and music by Rick Springfield)          

LIO they say you haven't made it
Until you got that favor 
I can't help it hurts me
The pen cuts like a razor
Too bad if they kick you in the face
They draw blood you can put in your pen
And you write again...LIO

Oh what a disappointment, LIO
I thought that you would go the distance, My-o
Anticipation was a little, high-o
You were low, low, low, low, LIO

Symbols spread across the pages
I play electric wires
I've got rhythms in my head 
And irons in the fires
It don't hurt the process 
But they did leave a scar on the face of the fighter
Who'll fight again....LIO

Oh what a disappointment, LIO
I thought that you would go the distance, My-o
Anticipation was a little high-o
You were low, low, low, low, LIO

My world, exists inside of my head
No where else but my head
And I'm the one who puts the limitations on it
They said you belong in this line over here
No thanks, I'm not that weak
And the music will speak again..LIO

Oh what a disappointment, LIO
I thought that you would go the distance, My-o
Anticipation was a little high-o
You were low, low, low, low, LIO
Low, low, low, low, LIO
You were low, low, low, low

Humans walk around in cages
We build with our own hands
Waiting for the turning point
That waits outside LIO....Oh, oh, oh, oh LIO
LIO....Oh, oh, oh, oh LIO
LIO....Oh, what a disappointment...LIO
I thought that you would go the distance LIO
Anticipation was a little high-o
You were low, low, low, low LIO
Oh what a disappointment LIO
I thought that you would go the distance LIO
Anticipation was a little high-o
You were low, low, low, low LIO
You were low, low, low, low LIO


(total playing time: 3:21 )

Song Facts: This appears on Behind The Music: The Rick Springfield Collection and on The Greatest Hits Alive Ltd Edition.