I will hurt for her respect Withdrawal is the best policy And then may your laughter turn to tears Arranged by my neutrality It's not the way of the world I know nobody does it any more It's not the hippest of lifestyles, no Everybody gonna think I'm strange Laissez-faire, I keep her to myself Laissez-faire, and give my heart to no one else Laissez-faire, it's hands off, 'cause I...I love her Another ship leaves a foreign shore She's a stranger now, it pains me now I can't believe her any more It's best I leave, it's home I breathe I bare too much the weight of the world I know everybody gotta love their own I swear nobody gonna take advantage We learn everyone gonna reap what they sow It's hands off 'cause I love her (Laissez, laissez-faire)