Ain't Too Proud to Beg
Hall & Oates with Eddie Kendricks & David Ruffin Lyrics

I know you wanna leave me,
I am aware that you desire to end our relationship,

But I refuse to let you go,
However, I am determined not to allow you to leave

If I have to beg, plead for your sympathy,
Even if it requires me to implore and appeal for your compassion

I don't mind 'cause you mean that much to me.
I do not mind doing so because you hold such significant importance in my life.

Ain't too proud to beg and you know it,
I am not too ashamed to beg, and you are well aware of it

Please don't leave me girl,
I sincerely request you not to abandon me, my dear

Don't you go,
I beg you not to depart from my life

Ain't too proud to plead, baby, baby,
I am not too hesitant to plead, my love

Please don't leave me, girl,
I earnestly beseech you not to abandon me, my dear

Don't you go.
Please do not go away from me

Now I've heard a cryin' man
I have been made aware that a man who cries

Is half a man with no sense of pride,
Is someone whose pride is diminished or nonexistent

But if I have to cry to keep you,
However, if shedding tears is necessary to retain your presence

I don't mind weepin' if it'll keep you by my side.
I do not mind shedding tears if it means you will remain with me

If I have to sleep on your doorstep all night and day
In the event that I must spend the entire night and day sleeping on your doorstep

Just to keep you from walking away,
Simply to prevent you from departing

Let your friends laugh, even this I can stand,
Even if your friends ridicule me, I am capable of enduring it

'cause I wanna keep you any way I can.
Because I desire to keep you in my life by any means possible

Now I've got a love so deep in the pit of my heart,
I now possess an intense love residing in the very core of my heart

And each day it grows more and more,
Furthermore, each day this love intensifies and expands

I'm not ashamed to call and plead to you, baby,
I have no shame in contacting you and imploring, my darling

If pleading keeps you from walking out that door.
As long as begging prevents you from leaving through that door