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 bonna fide   But that don't coincide   With the things that you're doing   When I ask you to be nice   You say you gotta be   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 to be kind   Well I do my best to understand dear   But you still mystify, and I wanna know why   I pick myself up off the ground   And have you knock me back down   Again and again   And when I ask you to explain   You say you gotta be   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 to be kind   Well I do my best to understand dear   But you still mystify, and I wanna know why   I pick myself up off the ground   And have you knock me back down   Again and again   And when I ask you to explain   You say you gotta be   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 to be kind