Playin' uptown Northeast Philly
Back in summer '83
You been talkin' and a-laughin'
Always leanin' down hard on me
But then I hit the bright lights
And you became my best friend
When my dream got shattered
Why should I take your imitation hand
Don't waste my time on the matter
'Cause you don't care about me
If what you say is on the level
But behind my back you turned on me
Yeah, yeah
Sympathy
Ah, you don't care, ah, no
Don't need no sympathy, yeah, yeah
You weren't there, you weren't there
Sympathy
Don't come around, oh, no
Don't need your sympathy, yeah, yeah
You don't care, oh, no
Sympathy
There's a place where you had grown up
You give it all that you got
A taker comes along and
Takin' everything that you've got that you're savin'
Don't waste my time on the matter
'Cause you don't care about me
If what you say is on the level, yeah
But behind my back you turned on me
Yeah, yeah
Sympathy
Ah, you don't care, ah, no
Don't need your sympathy, yeah, yeah
You weren't there, you weren't there
Sympathy
I'm better off alone
Don't need your sympathy, yeah, yeah
You don't care, oh, no
Sympathy, whoo!
Ah, yeah, sympathy
You don't care, ah, no
Don't need your sympathy, yeah, yeah
I don't care, you don't care
Sympathy
Ah, you don't care, oh, no
Don't need your sympathy, yeah, yeah
I don't care, you don't care
Ooh yeah, sympathy
I'm better off alone
Don't need your sympathy, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ah, yeah!
Sympathy
Don't come around no more
Don't need no sympathy, yeah, yeah
Whoo!
Sympathy
Sympathy, yeah, yeah, yeah