To keep my rose in paradise She was a flower for the takin' Her beauty cut just like a knife And he was a banker from Macon Swore he'd love her all his life Bought her a mansion on a mountain With a formal garden and a lot a land But paradise became her

(You better you better you bet) When I say I love you say you better When I say I need you say you better You better you better you bet, ooh You better bet your life Or love will cut you like a knife You better love me, all the time now You better shove