I Want It That Way

[Intro]

How many times do I have to have the same lesson before I can change?

For real (Haha)

I feel so strange

I feel so strange

[Verse]

I feel so strange

So many times I tried to change, but I'm stuck in my ways (Stuck)

Uh, uh, uh (Uh), uh, my body shakes

I would tell you the reason, but I can't say (No)

Can't go on like this forever

I swear I can't go on like this forever

I can't go on like this forever

I swear I can't go on like this forever

Change the tide (Yes), I'm just happy to be alive

Visualize your change and then go to that place

And just be in that place and just stay in that place

And just be in that place and just stay in that place

Back again, back and it's worse than ever

The years go by, the years go by and so do I

The story's great and all, but beautiful endings

Is the way I want, I want it that way

Super glue on it, but it won't stick

There's no happy endings without you in it

First, I ruin it, then I sink

Then I sit down by myself, and I just think (And I just think)

[Chorus]

I can't complain

I am the master of my fate and I'm having my way (Uh)

Uh, uh, uh, uh, I have myself to blame

But I'm not blaming anyone, I want it that way

I want it that way, I want it that way (It's all up to you)

I want it that way, I want it that way

I want it that way, I want it that way (Yes, yes)

I do want it that way (What you are)