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 gotta be cruel to be kind.


Oh I can't take another heartache though 

you say you're my friend I'm at my wits' end. 

You say your love is bona 

fide but that don't coincide. 

With the things that you do and 

when I ask you to be nice, you say you 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 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 and have you knock me back down

Again and again, and when I ask you 

to explain you say you 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 gotta be cruel to be kind