Cruel to Be Kind (live in Japan, 1998)

Oh, I can't take a little heartache
Don't you see, my friend, I got my wits end
You say your love is bonafide
But I don't go inside
The things that you do
And when I ask you to be kind
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

I do my best to understand you
But you still mystify
And I wanna 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
Well 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

I do my best to understand you
But you still mystify
And I wanna 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
Well 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

In the right measure

It's a very very very good sign
And it means that I love you, baby
Said, baby
Baby, you gotta be cruel to be kind