Play by the rules You're gonna miss all the fun He was a melon stealin' A do-it-anywayin' Playin' hooky from school A water tower poet class of '73 He'd say by God you better know it if you're runnin' with me

You say I'm crazy 'Cause you don't think I know what you've done But when you call me baby I know I'm not the only one You and me we made a vow For better or for worse I can't believe you let me down But the proof is in the way it hurts For months on end

You ain't going nowhere. Where you going, where you tryna go Baby, baby? Boy, you better listen to the words I say Boy, you better act like you got some sense, 'Cause you got a dime, and that's money well spent. Sit yourself down, 'cause you know you're

You've been mean And your crying won't help you baby Oh, crying won't help you now You ought to do a little better, baby You ought to straighten up and fly right Oh no matter what you say baby No matter what you do The way you treat me baby You know, is

Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again And I know why we had to say goodbye Like the back of my hand And I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man If you were a better man But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a

You know it's better that way We won't break, we won't die It's just a moment of change All we are, all we are Is everything that's right All we need, all we need We won't say our goodbyes So don't say your goodbyes I tried to paint you a picture

Yeah, more than you know I just need to get it off my chest You should know that baby you're the best 'Cause it ain't over, until she sings I saw it coming, from miles away I better speak up if I got something to say You had your reasons, you had a few

Everybody's talking about heaven like they just can't wait to go Saying how it's gonna be so good, so beautiful Lying next to you, in this bed with you, I ain't convinced 'Cause, I don't know how, I don't know how heaven, heaven Could be better than this

Yeah we know all about you I won't believe a thing you say this time All them other girls told me how you play your game We know we know we know yeah All about you I know I'm better off without ya Even if you cross my mind I would always have to doubt

It's better by you better than me Better by you better than me Everybody knows You can tell what I want it to be You can say what I only can see You can say way all they can see You could find a way to ease my passion You listen to the blood flow in my