Hush now, don't explain Don't explain You know that I love you And what love endures For I'm so completely yours Cry to hear folks chatter And I know you cheat Right or wrong, don't matter When you're with me, sweet

I'll morph to someone else If I keep moving, they won't know Defense mechanism mode What they throw at me's too slow I'm just a ghost There's no "above", or "under", or "around" it For "above" is blind belief and "under" is sword to sleeve And "around"

I've got to break free I want to break free I want to break free from your lies You're so self satisfied I don't need you God knows, God knows I want to break free I've fallen in love I've fallen in love for the first time And this time I know it's for

Shock dat monkey Get the monkey up off your back When you know that it's good And you know that it's hot All the girlies want a piece of what you've got When a man is a man And it's all in his face He's 'gon jump all on it

I know, I know, I know, I know I know what you did last summer (ah-ah) I know what you did last summer Tell me where you've been Tell me where you've been lately Just lied to me, "there's no other" (he-ey) Look me in the eyes, my lover (he-ey) I know, I

Mama may have, Papa may have But God bless the child that's got his own That's got his own Them that's got shall have Them that's not shall lose So the Bible said and it still is news Yes, the strong gets more While the weak ones fade Empty pockets don't

You wouldn't know what to say to yourself Love is a poverty you couldn't sell Misery waits in vague hotels To be evicted Oh, when they beat upon a broken guitar And all the streets, they reek of tropical charms The embassies lie in hideous shards Where

I don't even know if I believe Everything you're trying to say to me So open up my eyes Tell me I'm alive This is never gonna go our way If I'm gonna have to guess what's on your mind You may call it in this evening But you've only lost the night Present

You lie you don't want to hurt me So you lie, buy a little time, and I go along What else can I do, maybe it's wrong But you know how much I love you So you lie, 'til you can find a way to say goodbye We lie in the dark I know you're awake The only

I've paid for your mistakes Your time is borrowed No, no more sorrow Your time has come to be replaced Thieves and hypocrites! Your time has come to be replaced! Are you lost In your lies? Do you tell yourself "I don't realize"?