Released: April 11, 1988
Songwriter: George Michael
Producer: George Michael
I've had enough of danger
And people on the streets
I'm lookin' out for angels
Just tryin' to find some peace
Now I think it's time
That you let me know
So if you love me
Say you love me
But if you don't
Just let me go
'Cause teacher
There are things that I don't want to learn
And the last one I had
Made me cry
So I don't want to learn to
Hold you, touch you
Think that you're mine
Because it ain't no joy
For an uptown boy
Whose teacher has told him goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
When you were just a stranger
And I was at your feet
I didn't feel the danger
Now I feel the heat
That look in your eyes
Telling me "No"
So you think that you love me
Know that you need me
I wrote the song, I know it's wrong
Just let me go
(Chorus)
So when you say that you need me
That you'll never leave me
I know you're wrong, you're not that strong
Let me go
And teacher
There are things that I still have to learn
But the one thing I have is my pride
Oh, so I don't want to learn to
Hold you, touch you
Think that you're mine
Because there ain't no joy
For an uptown boy
Who just isn't willin' to try
I'm so cold inside
Maybe just one more try
And people on the streets
I'm lookin' out for angels
Just tryin' to find some peace
Now I think it's time
That you let me know
So if you love me
Say you love me
But if you don't
Just let me go
'Cause teacher
There are things that I don't want to learn
And the last one I had
Made me cry
So I don't want to learn to
Hold you, touch you
Think that you're mine
Because it ain't no joy
For an uptown boy
Whose teacher has told him goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
When you were just a stranger
And I was at your feet
I didn't feel the danger
Now I feel the heat
That look in your eyes
Telling me "No"
So you think that you love me
Know that you need me
I wrote the song, I know it's wrong
Just let me go
(Chorus)
So when you say that you need me
That you'll never leave me
I know you're wrong, you're not that strong
Let me go
And teacher
There are things that I still have to learn
But the one thing I have is my pride
Oh, so I don't want to learn to
Hold you, touch you
Think that you're mine
Because there ain't no joy
For an uptown boy
Who just isn't willin' to try
I'm so cold inside
Maybe just one more try
more tracks from the album
Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
- Freedom! ’90
- Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
- I Can’t Make You Love Me
- You Have Been Loved
- A Moment With You
- Jesus to a Child
- As
- Spinning the Wheel
- Somebody to Love
- Star People 97
- Desafinado (Off Key)
- Cowboys and Angels
- Heal the Pain
- Waiting For That Day/You Can’t Always Get What You Want
- Fastlove
- A Different Corner
- Praying For Time
- Faith
- Careless Whisper
- Father Figure
- I Want Your Sex (Pts. I & II)
- Outside
- One More Try
- I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
- Kissing a Fool
- Fantasy
- The Strangest Thing
- Too Funky
- Killer/Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
From the albums
- Faith (1987)
- Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (1998)
- Twenty Five (2006)
- Symphonica (2014)
- Keanu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2016)
- Last Christmas (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2019)
George Michael popular songs
- Freedom! ’90
- Faith
- Father Figure
- One More Try
- As
- Fastlove
- I Want Your Sex (Pts. I & II)
- Jesus to a Child
- Kissing a Fool
- Praying For Time
- Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
- Cowboys and Angels
- They Won’t Go When I Go
- You Have Been Loved
- Amazing
- Last Christmas
- This Kind Of Love
- A Different Corner
- Heal the Pain
- Spinning the Wheel
- Too Funky
- Outside
- Monkey
- Older