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 share
Seems to go nowhere
And I've lost my light
For I toss and turn
I can't sleep at night

Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I'll run from you
This tainted love you've given
I give you all a boy could give you

Take my tears
And that's not nearly all
Oh, tainted love
Oh, tainted love

Now I know
I've got to run away
I've got to get away
You don't really want
Any more from me

To make things right
You need someone to hold you tight
And you think love is to pray
But, I'm sorry, I don't pray that way

Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I'll run from you
This tainted love you've given
I give you all a boy could give you

Take my tears
And that's not nearly all
Oh, tainted love
Oh, tainted love

Don't touch me, please
I cannot stand the way you tease
I love you, though you hurt me so
Now I'm going to pack my things and go

Tainted love, oh
Tainted love, oh
Tainted love, oh
Tainted love, oh

Touch me, baby
Tainted love (tainted love)
Touch me, baby
Tainted love (tainted love)

Tainted love, oh
Tainted love, oh
Tainted love
Tainted love