sometimes i feel i've got to
run away
i've got to
get away
cause you don't really want any more from me

to make things right
you should know the time
and they say love is play
well i'm sorry i don't play that way

once i ran to you
now i run from you
this tainted love you've given
i give you all a boy can give you
take my tears and that's not nearly all

tainted love
(whoa-ohhh)
tainted love

sometimes i feel i've got to
run away
i've got to
get away
from the pain you drive into the heart of me

the love we shared
seemed to go nowhere
though i've lost my mind
and i toss and turn i can't sleep at night

once i ran to you
now i run from you
this tainted love you've given
i give you all a boy can give you
take my tears and that's not nearly all

tainted love

don't touch me please
i cannot stand the way you tease
c'mon girl i love you so
but i don't want you back
so please let go

tainted love
(whoa-ohh)
tainted love
(whoa-ohh)