Words like love and happiness Never seem to stand up, Baby When you put 'em to the test, yeah You say that you're a poet That your love's a work of art But you can't play love by numbers, Babe Gotta play it all by heart Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby It happens all the time How you play me, play me, play me Playin' with my mind Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby You're makin' me go crazy (Ah ah ah ah...) And if you all that love, then love should be a crime Honesty bites the dust Everytime I hear you sayin' That love is never lost, yeah Did you read it in a book? Did you see it in a magazine? Do you think that I'm some new expo? Do you think I'm so naive? Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby It happens all the time How you play me, play me, play me Playin' with my mind Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby You're makin' me go crazy (Ah ah ah ah...) And if you all that love, then love should be a crime Love should be a crime... You and me Suddenly We got nothin' to say But the words get in the way Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby It happens all the time How you play me, play me, play me Playin' with my mind Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby You're makin' me go crazy (Ah ah ah ah...) And if you call that love, then all it was was a pocket full of nothing but a suicidal cause And if you call that love then love should be a ... crime