Cruel

[Intro]

(Ooh, you don’t ease my...)

[Verse 1]

Undercover to cover

A book of perfect matches

The smoked out lovers

Nicotine patches

The smell of fresh tar

A road crew’s fire

A swan vesta eyes

A police car named desire

[Pre-Chorus]

Though that we were getting on just famously

Just a drag for you, it’s the pack for me

[Chorus]

Ooh, you don’t ease my pain

You’re cruel

Ooh, you don’t ease my pain

You’re cruel

[Verse 2]

Over counter to counter

And don’t you feel better

A sick note cherished

More like a love letter

Come on codeine

No mojo, no hunger

Remember how I used to be

A sexy midnight runner

[Pre-Chorus]

Never can get it up, so I just get down

Take a little white pill, it’ll see me around

[Chorus]

Oh, you don’t ease my pain

You’re cruel

Oh, you don’t ease my pain

You’re cruel

(You’re so damn cruel)

Oh, you don’t ease these maladies

That follow me each day

Oh, you don’t ease my pain

(You’re so damn cruel)

[Bridge]

The sex and the drugs and the dot, dot, dot

(Oh, you don’t ease my pain)

When did my saucepot become a sore spot?

(Oh, you don’t ease my pain)

There’s no such thing as sobriety

(Oh, it don’t ease my pain)

No relationship like dependency

No decency, just cruelty

[Chorus]

Oh, you don’t ease my pain

You’re cruel

Oh, you don’t ease my pain

You’re cruel

Oh, you don’t ease these maladies

That follow me each day

Oh, you don’t ease my pain

(You’re so damn cruel)

[Outro]

There’s nothing romantic about it

(Your cruel, cruel heart)

Want something to take the edge off

(Cruel)