Released: December 30, 1986
Songwriter: Robbie Robertson Eric Clapton
Producer: Tom Dowd Eric Clapton
[Pre-Chorus]
It's in the way that you use it
It comes and it goes
It's in the way that you use it
Boy don't you know
[Chorus]
And if you lie you will lose it
Feelings will show
So don't you ever abuse it
Don't let it go
[Verse 1]
Nobody's right until somebody's wrong
Nobody's weak until somebody's strong
No one gets lucky until luck comes along
Nobody's lonely until somebody's gone
[Pre-Chorus]
It's in the way that you use it
It comes and it goes
It's in the way that you use it
Boy don't you know
It's in the way that you use it
It comes and it goes
It's in the way that you use it
Boy don't you know
[Chorus]
And if you lie you will lose it
Feelings will show
So don't you ever abuse it
Don't let it go
[Verse 2]
I've seen dark skies, never like this
Walked on some thin ice, never like this
I've told you white lies, never like this
Looked into true eyes, never like this
[Pre-Chorus]
It's in the way that you use it
Boy don't you know
It's in the way that you use it
Boy don't you know
It's in the way that you use it
It comes and it goes
It's in the way that you use it
Boy don't you know
[Chorus]
And if you lie you will lose it
Feelings will show
So don't you ever abuse it
Don't let it go
[Verse 1]
Nobody's right until somebody's wrong
Nobody's weak until somebody's strong
No one gets lucky until luck comes along
Nobody's lonely until somebody's gone
[Pre-Chorus]
It's in the way that you use it
It comes and it goes
It's in the way that you use it
Boy don't you know
It's in the way that you use it
It comes and it goes
It's in the way that you use it
Boy don't you know
[Chorus]
And if you lie you will lose it
Feelings will show
So don't you ever abuse it
Don't let it go
[Verse 2]
I've seen dark skies, never like this
Walked on some thin ice, never like this
I've told you white lies, never like this
Looked into true eyes, never like this
[Pre-Chorus]
It's in the way that you use it
Boy don't you know
It's in the way that you use it
Boy don't you know
more tracks from the album
From the albums
- August (1986)
- Clapton Chronicles: The Best Of Eric Clapton (1999)
Eric Clapton popular songs
- Tears In Heaven
- Cocaine
- Wonderful Tonight
- Layla (Acoustic Live)
- Change the World
- I Shot the Sheriff
- Stand and Deliver
- My Father’s Eyes
- Let It Rain
- Lay Down Sally
- Let It Grow
- Old Love
- Layla (unplugged)
- Promises
- Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out (Acoustic Live)
- Before You Accuse Me
- Have You Ever Loved A Woman
- Little Wing
- Magnolia
- Circus
- Crossroads
- It’s in the Way That You Use It
- Pretending
- Get Lost (David Morales radio edit)