Verse One   You want me to know, but don't explain   So now I've gotta let you go   Cause I'm not down with playing games   Oh baby, uh oh      Chorus   If you wanna be with me you need   To show me through the things you do   And I'll do the same thing back to you   If you wanna see good things from me   You need to do what I want you to   That's how you've got to live   You get back what you give      Hook   What you give, what you give, what you give   What you give, what you give, what you give      Verse Two   You want me back, but there's no way   Unless you're gonna tell the truth   I don't read signs, you need to say   What you wanna do, oh      Chorus   If you wanna be with me you need   To show me through the things you do   And I'll do the same thing back to you   If you wanna see good things from me   You need to do what I want you to   That's how you've got to live   You get back what you give      Hook   What you give, what you give, what you give   What you give, what you give, what you give      Bridge   I need to know if you heard my advice   Cause it's happened to me once or twice   I need to know if you'll follow through   With the things I'm telling you to do      Chorus   If you wanna be with me you need   To show me through the things you do   And I'll do the same thing back to you   If you wanna see good things from me   You need to do what I want you to   That's how you've got to live   You get back what you give      Chorus   If you wanna be with me you need   To show me through the things you do   And I'll do the same thing back to you   If you wanna see good things from me   You need to do what I want you to   That's how you've got to live   You get back what you give      Hook   What you give, what you give, what you give   What you give, what you give, what you give