Cruel To Be Kind Lyrics

Oh, I can't take another heartache,
Though you say you're my friend, I'm at my wits' end!
You say you're 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, you've gotta be cruel to be kind.

Well I do my best to understand dear,
But you still mystify, and I want to 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, you've gotta be cruel to be kind.

Well I do my best to understand dear,
But you still mystify, and I want to 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, you've gotta be cruel to be kind...

Nick Lowe - Basher: The Best of Nick Lowe

Sep 1989

1. So It Goes
2. Heart Of The City
3. (I Love The Sound Of) Breaking Glass
4. Little Hitler
5. No Reason
6. 36 Inches High
7. Marie Provost
8. American Squirm
9. Cracking Up
10. Big Kick, Plain Scrap
11. Born Fighter
12. Switch Board Susan
13. Without Love
14. Cruel To Be Kind
15. When I Write The Book
16. Heart
17. Raging Eyes
18. Time Wounds All Heals
19. Maureen
20. Half A Boy And Half A Man
21. 7 Nights To Rock
22. She Don't Love Nobody
23. The Rose Of England
24. I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock 'N' Roll)
25. Lovers Jamboree