It's hard to be a nice guy all the time Everybody knows that guilty feeling When you hurt the one you love Yes I'm guilty of that crime It's a strain to maintain that loving feeling Even when you say don't be cruel People being what they are there's danger There's gun battles in the suburbs I didn't mean to be mean oh no I didn't mean to be mean oh no It's hard to be a nice guy all the time Everybody knows that guilty feeling When you hurt the one you love Yes I'm guilty of that crime Now I wouldn't say I was no saint But there are worse things that I ain't My old mum will stand by me And she's as true as she can be I didn't mean to be mean oh no I didn't mean to be mean oh no I didn't mean to be mean oh no no no no I didn't mean to be mean oh no I didn't mean to be mean oh no

Go past the photograph and take a right It's in the hallway under the exit Thank you for trying to be polite But, babe, I think we're already past that You can be mean to me I'm not gonna stop you You can be a dick to me It's what I'm used to I can't believe I let you touch my body I can't believe I let you get inside You know what you did You know what you took from me It makes me sick to think about that night I'd like to think you got a good heart And your dad was just an asshole growing up But I don't see you trying that hard to be better than he is When will it ever get any better? When's it gonna get any better? When will it ever get any better? When's it gonna get any better?

I was born next to my mother She sang me to sleep And I grew to adore my father As he drowned in a drink And I know that I should be grateful For the things they taught I was raised to be so damn faithful I didn't need a god Time is crazy My grandmother made up a lie of her life When she died well she gave me A necklace that came from the sky Said my grandfather made it out of gold and a diamond that always reminded him Of what life could have been So when I say I love you I want to mean it Cause I say a lot of things that I don't mean And when I say I want to I want to mean it Cause I know not to say yes to just anything Hope to die next to my daughter Let her sing to me sleep Having made the mistakes of a mother Still I taught her to breathe When you're low and you're deep underwater Stay faithful, remember what you love So when the world gets painful You become your own god I could daydream Sit back and think of a mythical life But the seasons change and the tragic thing is that you can't live it twice I try to be brave and tell her that we'll meet again that we'd met before But I'm not really so sure So when I say I love you I want to mean it Cause I say a lot of things that I don't mean And when I say I want to I want to mean it Cause I know not to say yes to just anything

Been runnin' now, runnin' so smoothly We'll never slow down Been thinkin' now, thinking down on one knee Time to say it out loud When you love so good Wanna give you every hour If you said you could I would give you all the power But would you pay my rent? Would you pay my rent? Would you, would you, would you get your love well spent? Would you pay my rent? Would you, would you, would you, would you pay my rent? I'll never say never to your wishes I'll never let you fall You always know, always know I'm with it I'm always on call When you love so good (love so good) Wanna give you every hour If you said you could (said you could) I would give you all the power But would you pay my rent? Would you pay my rent? Would you, would you, would you get your love well spent? Would you pay my rent? Would you, would you, would you... How can you love me right, love me right If you don't get your money right Love me right, love me right If you don't get your money Love me right, love me right If you don't get your money right Love me right, love me right If you don't get your money Love me right, love me right If you don't get your money right (You gotta get your money right girl) Love me right, love me right If you don't get your money right When you love so good Wanna give you every hour If you said you could I would give you all the power But would you pay my rent? Would you pay my rent? Would you, would you, would you get your love well spent? Would you pay my rent? Would you, would you, would you... How can you love me right, love me right If you don't get your money right Love me right, love me right If you don't get your money Love me right, love me right If you don't get your money right Love me right, love me right If you don't get your... Would you pay my rent?