These four years were a suicide   But you volunteered and kept it alive   So you can't complain, no you can't complain   No you can't complain, no you can't complain   You can't fix what was born to break   So the marriage lives for the children's sake   And you can't complain, no you can't complain   No you can't complain, no you can't complain      This is what you signed up for (take me off that list)   This is what you signed up for    And when tomorrow comes you're gonna write a song   You're gonna send it out to me   Cause I'm so vain (no you can't complain)   No you can't complain when you can't come back to me      These four years were a suicide   And you're worse off now cause you did survive   But you can't complain, no you can't complain   No you can't complain, no you can't complain   Life turns out just a stepping stone   You forget yourself    You should have known (that you can't complain)   You should've known better (no you can't complain)   And now you can't complain when you can't come back to me       This is what you signed up for (take me off that list)   This is what you signed up for       But when tomorrow comes you're gonna write a song   You're gonna send it out to me   Cause I'm so vain (no, you can't complain)   No you can't complain when you can't come back    And when tomorrow comes you're gonna write a song   You're gonna send it out to me   Cause I'm so vain (no, you can't complain)   No you can't complain when you can't come back to me      You can't come back to me   This will end (this will end)   If you choose    To do nothing, nothing    This will end (this will end)    If you choose    To do nothing, nothing    This will end (this will end)   If you choose    To do nothing, nothing, nothing But I can't live like this (I can't live like this)   No I won't be here      And when tomorrow comes you're gonna write a song   You're gonna send it out to me   Cause I'm so vain (no, you can't complain)   And when tomorrow comes you're gonna write a song   You're gonna send it out to me   Cause I'm so vain (no, you can't complain)   And when tomorrow comes you're gonna write a song   You're gonna send it out to me   but you can't complain to me