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Cruel To Be Kind

Cruel To Be Kind lyrics by Nick Lowe. Oh I can't take another heartache Though you say you're my friend, I'm at my wit's end You say your love is bonafide,...

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Cruel To Be Kind

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Oh I can't take another heartache

Though you say you're my friend, I'm at my wit's end

You say your love is bonafide, but that don't coincide

With the things that you do

And when I ask you to be nice, you say

You've 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've gotta be cruel)

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

To have you knock me back down again and again

And when I ask you to explain, you say

You've 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've gotta be cruel)

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

To have you knock me back down again and again

And when I ask you to explain, you say

You've 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've gotta be cruel)

You gotta be cruel to be kind

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