I surrender, dear. We've played the game of stay away But it cost more that I can pay. Without you I can't make my way, I may seem proud, I may act gay, It's just a pose, I'm not that way, 'Cause deep down in my heart I say Little mean things we were

But you belong to somebody else I know you really, really want it Both, wanna be together But we can't act on it 'Cause you belong to somebody else To somebody else How bad we both want it Yeah I know Fuck our logic seize the moment

All we need is little action If it's only but a fraction (What I say) People to see, even me Man with a little got more of a plea He's cryin', I don't know Time at last, laws to pass Can't be a few got to be a mass A-tryin' got to go

Take this sinking boat and point it home We've still got time Raise your hopeful voice, you have a choice I don't know you But I want you All the more for that Words fall through me And always fool me And I can't react

I glow, I glow, I glow, I glow It starts at midnight, midnight, midnight Y'all can't do better than this Act like the south ain't the shit The air's so thin, but we don't give a damn The starry sky across the night Where we pretend it's our last chance

But I can't keep cool about it,about it It's only you (Who) Loves me like you do (Do) Tryna keep it cool (Cool) Acting like a fool (Fool) Wanna scream it from the roof (Roof) I'm tryna keep it cool (Cool) You said it's all yours if you take it there I

I surrender, dear. We've played the game of stay away But it cost more that I can pay. Without you I can't make my way, I may seem proud, I may act gay, It's just a pose, I'm not that way, 'Cause deep down in my heart I say Little mean things we were