Why you always want to get the best of me   I'm like a seeing-eye dog and I can't even see   They're naked and they're following my master who is blind   And my mind's gone to pieces, I could use some piece of mind      So I picked up the pieces and I made a new start   Stole an old stiletto, started stabbing in the dark   I can't live without it, I would surely fall apart   But it's hard to make arrangements 'round a bittersweetheart      Bittersweetheart   Better get yourself a little street smart   Bittersweetheart, sad but true   It's a bittersweetheart that's a hard heart to cure   It's just my bittersweetheart      It's like a suicide mission when you can't see no end   Tired of compliment-fishing and impressing your friends   I never kissed no one just to kiss and tell   It's a little bit of heaven and a whole lot of hell      In the eye of the beholder is a beautiful start   But you always seem to end up with a bittersweetheart   There's a darkness looming but the sun is shining bright   I can live to see the morning if I stay up all night      Bittersweetheart   Without a shortcut, without a head-start   Bittersweetheart, sad but true   It's a bittersweetheart that's a hard heart to cure   My bittersweetheart   It's the hardest part   Bittersweetheart      Are you in there, are you beating   Beating me up until I'm bleeding   How much blood can you spare      Bittersweetheart   Think just a drink might get you to the good part   Lyin' in bed just a'wonderin' what to do,   It's a bittersweetheart that'a a hard heart to cure      In time inside you find you always wind up with a bittersweetheart