Lyrics:

I hear you 'bin up to your old tricks
It seems you're never gonna learn
If you keep puttin' your hand in the fire, babe
You're gonna get your fingers burned

Who'd believe you ever cared for me
The way you tried to run my life
Ahh - you ain't nothin' but a gutter rat sister
Crawlin' on the edge of a knife

You come on like a fever
You say 'I'm never gonna leave ya'

The lines are drawn but baby, somethin' ain't right
You steal my lovin' like a thief in the night
Now you're caught between the famine and the feast
Ahh - that's the nature of the beast

You 'bin sneakin' around like an alley cat
Tell me, is it money or love?
And all those things you've 'bin sayin' to me
Are 'bout as clear as Mississippi mud

I wouldn't take a million dollars
No, I wouldn't take a diamond ring
If you think there's a way you can get me back
Well, babe you better think again

You came on like a princess
But now you're losin' my interest

The lines are drawn between the black and the white
You steal my lovin' like a thief in the night
You're movin' in closer but I'm still outa reach
Ahh - but that's the nature of the beast

Solo

The lines are drawn but baby, somethin' ain't right
You steal my lovin' like a thief in the night
Now you're caught between the famine and the feast
Uh-huh, oh ya

The time has come and now you better see the light
I'd stand up to ya but it ain't worth the fight
You're movin' in closer but I'm still outa reach
Ahh - but that's the nature of the beast

Uh-huh, the nature of the beast