Been in pain and I've been in shame   But ain't love a bitch   I been in fights, locked away for nights   But ain't love a bitch   I been tailed, impaled, strung up    and nailed and left without a stitch   I been scratched 'n' taxed 'n' finally axed   But ain't love a bitch      Oh I didn't understand till I was seventeen   She took me way upstairs and she wiped me clean   Oh I didn't realize she made a first class fool out of me   Oh Maggie if you're still out there the rest is history      You're all alone in the freezing cold   by the underground   Your hands are numb and you're feeling dumb   cos you been let down   You thought you were rough and kinda tough   and maybe out of reach   You're acting chic, playing hide 'n' seek   But ain't love a bitch      Oh I must state right here I been there before   My eyes were closed and so my friends    I still don't know the score   Oh don't underestimate the strength of it   It may be unwise to analyze even the cause of it      You're driving home late one night and on the radio   Comes an old familiar song you used to know so well    (you know a lot about that)   Oh I can't comprehend this thing called love   Maybe it's a matter of fact I just can't grow up   Deep down ain't we all a little juvenile    All I really wanna know is there one sweet angel    that can make me smile      Ain't love a bitch      Torrential rains, wars and hurricanes   I wouldn't budge an inch   Your rent's unpaid and your team lose again   But ain't love a bitch   You can lose your job, your home and your health   But ain't love a bitch   Take it or leave it some day you'll feel it   'cos love is the bitch      Ain't love the bitch, ain't love a bitch   Ain't love a bitch, ain't love a bitch   Ain't love a bitch