Cruel to Be Kind

[Verse 1: Kay Hanley]

Oh I can't take another heartache

Though you say you're my friend

I'm at my wits end

You say your love is bona fide

But that don't coincide

With the things that you do

And when I ask you to be nice

You say you gotta be

[Chorus: Kay Hanley, Greg McKenna]

Cruel to be kind, in the right measure

Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign

Cruel to be kind, means that I love you

Baby (you gotta be cruel)

You gotta be cruel to be kind

[Verse 2: Kay Hanley]

Well I do my best to understand dear

But you still mystify, and I wanna know why

I pick myself up off the ground

To have you knock me back down

Again and again

And when I ask you to explain

You say you gotta be

[Chorus: Kay Hanley, Greg McKenna]

Cruel to be kind, in the right measure

Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign

Cruel to be kind, means that I love you

Baby (you gotta be cruel)

You gotta be cruel to be kind

[Instrumental break]

[Bridge: Kay Hanley]

Well I do my best to understand dear

But you still mystify, and I wanna know why

I pick myself up off the ground

To have you knock me back down

Again and again

And when I ask you to explain

You say you gotta be

[Chorus: Kay Hanley, Greg McKenna]

Cruel to be kind, in the right measure

Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign

Cruel to be kind, means that I love you

Baby (you gotta be cruel)

You gotta be cruel to be kind

[Outro: Kay Hanley, Michael Eisenstein, Greg McKenna]

(Cruel to be kind), in the right measure

(Cruel to be kind), it's a very, very, very good sign

(Cruel to be kind), means that I love you

Baby (you gotta be cruel)

You gotta be cruel to be kind