Lyrics:

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

Well, I do my best to understand, dear
But you still mystify
And I wanna know why
I pick myself up off the ground
But you knock me back down
Again and again
When I ask you to explain
You say you 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

Cruel to be kind, yeah
No, no, no, no

Cruel to be kind in the right measure (No, no)
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
Cruel to be kind means that I love you, baby
You gotta be cruel to be kind
Cruel to be kind in the right measure
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign (Baby)
Cruel to be kind means that I love you, baby
You gotta be cruel to be kind
Cruel to be kind in the right measure (Break my heart)
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
Cruel to be kind means that I love you, baby
You gotta be cruel to be kind
Cruel to be kind in the right measure (Yeah)
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
Cruel to be kind means that I love you, baby
You gotta be cruel to be kind