#nick lowe

Release: August 17, 1979

Lyrics:

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'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 (babe, you've gotta be cruel)

You've 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

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ooh-ooh

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 (babe, you've gotta be cruel)

You've 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 (babe, you've gotta be cruel)

You've gotta be cruel to be kind

oh, in the right measure

(Cruel to be kind) it's a very, very, very good sign

(Cruel to be kind) it means that I love you, baby (babe)

(You've gotta be cruel) you've gotta be cruel to be kind

oh, in the right measure

(Cruel to be kind) yes, it's a very, very, very good sign

(Cruel to be kind) it means that I love you, baby (babe)

(You've gotta be cruel) you've gotta be cruel to be kind

Songwriter:

oh, in the right measure

(Cruel to be kind) yes, it's a very, very, very good sign

(Cruel to be kind) it means that I love you

Ian Robert Gomm / Nick Lowe

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