When I found out how you took me for the fool
I chose to play into the way that you think
I put my hair up, I wore my make-up
And I sang a song with a smile and a wink
You always took me out on those fancy dates
Drinking a hundred dollars down every time
I didn't know then that all of your dough then
Was funded by your double-dealing white collar crime
My life of luxury was worth the cost of all the friends I lost
They couldn't take the way I'd changed
All their stares and glares couldn't phase me because they failed to see
The careful plan that I'd arranged
Chorus
Though I suffered every time I took the looks
As you and your association cooked the books
Not that I ever thought that our love would fail
Now it seems that I've got the means to send you straight to jail
You'd send me out to buy myself pretty things
Tell me to get something real sexy to wear
You only wanted me to parade me and flaunt me
So you and your boys could sit around and just stare
Then when the years went by you started to fade
How could I measure to your nickels and dimes?
To all of your boys and all of your toys
And to the younger girls with whom you spent all your time?
So go ahead and talk your fancy talk to all your business flock
The ones who studied hard in school
I'll just sit here, yeah, they don't notice me 'cause I don't know a thing
I'll play the part as me, the fool
Chorus
Though I suffered every time I took the looks
As you and your association cooked the books
Not that I ever thought that our love would fail
Now it seems that I've got the means to send you straight to jail
Now you say you wanna leave, well, baby that's alright with me
I'll send you off with open arms: the cash, the kids, the cars, the keys, please
That sad desperation in your eyes ain't gonna make me change my mind
Let me spell it out for you one last time
You pay or I talk, I stay and you walk. You got caught the life you bought is gone
Don't you dare tell me I've got some nerve, this is the very least you deserve
Chorus
'Cause I suffered every time I took the looks
As you and your association cooked the books
Not that I ever thought that our love would fail
Now it seems that I've got the means to send you straight to jail
'Cause you broke my heart when you played me time and time
It's fair that your lifetime savings are finally mine
And it's all because you assumed I was too dense to see the truth
But that's what you'll get any time you're gonna mess with me, the fool
credits
from We Love,
released April 22, 2011
Written by Lauren Busheikin
Produced by Russell Broom
Lauren Bushikin - Vocals, BG Vocals
Russell Broom - Guitar
Brennan Cameron - Piano, BG Vocals
Matt Grier - Drums, BG Vocals
Keith Rempel - Bass, BG Vocals, Trombone
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