Words like love and happiness

They don't seem to stand up baby

When you put ‘em to the test

You say that you're a poet

That your life's a work of art

But you can't

Paint love by numbers, babe

You gotta play it all by heart



Baby, baby, baby, baby

It happens all the time

How you play me, play me, play me

You're playing with my mind



Baby, baby, baby, baby

You're making me go crazy

And if you call that love then

Love should be a crime



Honesty bites the dust

Every time I hear you saying

That love is never lust, yeah

Did you read that in a book

Did you see it in a magazine

Did you think that I'm some new age fool

Did you think I'm so naive



Baby, baby, baby, baby

It happens all the time

How you play me, play me, play me

You're playing with my mind



Baby, baby, baby, baby

You're making me go crazy

And if you call that love then

Love should be a crime



You and me

Suddenly

We got nothing to say

Because the words get in the way



Baby, baby, baby, baby

It happens all the time

How you play me, play me, play me

Playing with my mind



Baby, baby, baby, baby

You're making me go crazy

And if you call that love then

All it was

Was a pocket full of nothing

But a suicidal gun

And if you call that love then

Love should be a

Crime