Break the news you’re walking out   To be a good man for someone else   Sorry I was never good like you   Stood on my chest and kept me down Hated hearing my name on the lips of a crowd   Did my best to exist just for you Pre-Refrão 1 Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark Now she’s gonna play and sing and lock you in her heart Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark   I am my mother’s child I’ll love you ’til my breathing stops I’ll love you ’til you call the cops on me   But in our darkest hours I stumbled on a secret power I’ll find a way to be without you babe Verso 2   I still feel you now and then   Slow like pseudoephedrine   When you see me will you say I’ve changed?   I ride the subway read the signs I let the seasons change my mind I love it here since I’ve stopped needing you Pre-Refrão 2 Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark Now she’s gonna play and sing and lock you in her heart Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark   I am my mother’s child I’ll love you ’til my breathing stops I’ll love you ’til you call the cops on me   But in our darkest hours I stumbled on a secret power I’ll find a way to be without you babe   I am my mother’s child I’ll love you ’til my breathing stops I’ll love you ’til you call the cops on me   But in our darkest hours I stumbled on a secret power I’ll find a way to be without you babe Outro u>Am