The song Cruel To Be Kind is performed by Nick Lowe in the album named Basher: The Best of Nick Lowe in the year 1989 .
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
- So It Goes
- Heart Of The City
- (I Love The Sound Of) Breaking Glass
- Little Hitler
- No Reason
- 36 Inches High
- Marie Provost
- American Squirm
- Cracking Up
- Big Kick, Plain Scrap
- Born Fighter
- Switch Board Susan
- Without Love
- Cruel To Be Kind
- When I Write The Book
- Heart
- Raging Eyes
- Time Wounds All Heals
- Maureen
- Half A Boy And Half A Man
- 7 Nights To Rock
- She Don't Love Nobody
- The Rose Of England
- I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock 'N' Roll)
- Lovers Jamboree