If I Were a Boy / Oughta Know

If I were a boy, even just for a day

I'd roll out of bed in the morning

And throw on what I wanted then go

Drink beer with the guys

And chase after girls

I'd kick it with who I wanted

And I'd never get confronted for it,

Cause they stick up for me

If I were a boy!

I think I could understand

How it feels to love a girl

I swear I'd be a better man

I'd listen to her

Cause I know how it hurts

When you lose the one you wanted

Cause he's taking you for granted

And everything you had got destroyed

If I were a boy

I would turn off my phone,

Tell everyone it's broken

So they'd think that I was sleeping alone,

I'd put myself first

And make the rules as I go

Cause I know that she'd be faithful

Waiting for me to come home,

To come home, to come home, to come home!

It's a little too late for you to come back

Say it's just a mistake

Think I'd forgive you like that

If you thought I would wait for you

You thought wrong...

I want you to know

That I'm happy for you

And I want nothing but

The best for you both

An older version of me

Mr. Duplicity?

I hate to bug you in the middle of dinner

But it was a slap in the face

How quickly I was replaced

And are you thinking of me when you fuck her?

'Cause the love that you gave, that we made

Wasn't able to make it enough

For you to be open wide, no

And every time you speak her name

Does she know how you told me you'd hold me

Until you died? 'Til you died?

But you're still alive

And I'm here to remind you

Of the mess you left when you went away

It's not fair to deny me

Of the cross I bear that you gave to me

You, you, you oughta know

But you're just a boy

Baby you don't understand

Until you lose the one you wanted

Cause you're taking her for granted

And everything you had got destroyed

But you're just a boy...