The Pleasure Principle

You might think I'm crazy but I'm serious It's better you know now What I thought was happiness Was only part-time bliss You can take a bow It was all just one big night out on the town Riding in your limousine We turned right, then I said wrong Which brings us to a stop As the light is changing Oh, my meter's running So I've got to go now It's the pleasure principle, oh It's the principle of pleasure, oh It's the pleasure principle, oh It's true you want to build your life on guarantees Hey, take a ride in a big yellow taxi I'm not here to feed your insecurities I wanted you to love me This has become an all too familiar scene It's not the first time I've paid the fare Where'd you get the idea of material possession? Thank you for the ride nowhere And oh, my meter's running So I've really got to go It's the pleasure principle, oh It's the principle of pleasure, oh It's the pleasure principle, oh I know what you mean to me Baby this is nowhere You know what became between you and me Human differential It's the principle of pleasure, oh It's the pleasure principle, principle, oh You might say that I'm no good for you I wouldn't trust your looks, baby if I could I got too many things I wanna do Before I'm through, hey It's the pleasure principle It's the pleasure principle It's the pleasure principle Baby you can hold me down Baby you can hold me down After all the love that we've been through After all you put me through, yeah Love me, hey, love me It's the pleasure principle Yeah yeah, yeah yeah