Oh, you're breaking my spirit and you're hurting my ears    Little darling, when I hold you close    You have laid in my bed since the day we were wed    But when you're sleeping I like you the most       'Cause your voice is a needle on a record that's broke    The only one, babe, that you ever play    And these days it skips more, and it was not that good before       Oh, lord, help me love you, babe    Oh, lord, help me love you, babe       Well, long ago, I was foolish, long ago, I was young    You were a waitress on Route 13    I was hungry for eggs, back then you had nice legs   And the rest is just history       Now your voice is a needle on a record that's broke    The only one, babe, that you ever play    And these days it skips more, and it was not good before       Oh, lord, help me love you, babe    Oh, lord, help me love you, babe       Through thick and thin, that's the way that we swore    But you ain’t been thin since the children were born    Oh, lord, how I try, yeah, you know that I do    But it ain't easy loving you       Cause your voice is a needle on a record that's broke    The only one, babe, that you ever play    And these days it skips more, and it was not good before       Oh, lord, help me love you, babe    Oh, lord, help me love you, babe    Oh, lord, help me love you, babe