Words like love and happiness Never seem to stand up baby When you put 'em to the test, yea You say that your a poet That you loves a work of art Well you can't play love by numbers Baby, gotta play it all by heart Baby, baby, baby, baby It happens all the time How you play me, play me, play me Playin' with my mind Baby, baby, baby, baby Makin' me go crazy And if you call that love Then love should be a crime Honesty, bites the dust Every time I hear you sayin', love is never lust, yea Did you read it in a book? Did you see it in a magazine? Do you think that I'm some new age fool? Do you think I'm so naive? Baby, baby, baby, baby It happens all the time How you play me, play me, play me Playin' with my mind Baby, baby, baby, baby Makin' me go crazy And if you call that love Then love should be a crime You and me, suddenly We got nothing to say But the words get in the way Baby, baby, baby, baby It happens all the time How you play me, play me, play me Playin' with my mind Baby, baby, baby, baby Makin' me go crazy And if you call that love then all it was Was a pocket full of nothing but a suicidal love And if you call that love then love should be a Crime