Shoulda Known Better - MKTO

A baby girl without a home Tragedy's reign left her alone I guess I shoulda known better But she's a citizen of the world A right to life her cry's unheard I guess I shoulda known better Why why why why Part of the revolution Ready for real solutions We won't accept excuses We tolerate no abuses Cause I don't want my face to be That poster child for being naive Why why why why I guess I shoulda known better Headlines are real or just the news Between the lines there's human truth I guess I shoulda known better Each day I'm faced with irony but Just can't feel casual about casualties no I guess I shoulda known better I guess I shoulda known better Why why why why Part of the revolution Ready for real solutions We won't accept excuses We tolerate no abuses Cause I don't want my face to be That poster child for being naive Why why why why I guess I shoulda known better It's never the critic that counts Cause critics only wanna talk While enlightened minds and open hearts Together make this world a better place Awakening a better choice It only starts if you lift your voice And say I shoulda known better And so next time I'll know better Why why why why Part of the revolution Ready for real solutions We won't accept excuses We tolerate no abuses Cause I don't want my face to be That poster child for being naive Why why why why I guess I shoulda known better Why why why why I guess I shoulda known better

Hook, line and sinker Yeah she reeling me in Barbwire beauty yeah she got me again Here I am parked at the side of the bar Two whiskies in and that's where it starts Drinkin' 100 proof, spillin' my truth The bartender asks the hell happened to you?' That kind of crazy, that kind of crazy Shoulda come with a warning sign My friends had told me she'll only make a grown man cry Heartache on heels that's how it feels every time she walks on by I should forget her but I'm gonna let her I shoulda known, shoulda known, shoulda known better Shoulda known, shoulda known, shoulda known better Shoulda learnt my lesson only here for tonight Keep a man guessing make a mess of my mind Don't take her home to mama, she ain't here to stay Straight to your heart and leaves ya bent outta shape That kind of crazy, that kind of crazy Shoulda come with a warning sign My friends had told me she'll only make a grown man cry Heartache on heels that how it feels every time she walks on by I should forget her but I'm gonna let her I shoulda known, shoulda known, shoulda known better I shoulda known, shoulda known, shoulda known better Shoulda known, shoulda known, shoulda known better I know the deal right down to the letter Shoulda known, shoulda known, shoulda known better That kind of crazy, that kind of crazy Shoulda come with a warning sign My friends had told me she'll only make a grown man cry Heartache on heels that's how it feels every time she walks on by I should forget her but I'm gonna let her I shoulda known, shoulda known, shoulda known better Shoulda known, shoulda known, shoulda known better Shoulda known, shoulda known, shoulda known better Shoulda known, shoulda known, shoulda known better

Naked in the bathtub Sittin' on the porcelain Waiting for that little hurricane to pull your torso in The water don't run, just drips like rain Still drips like a painkiller drips to the veins Fill it up With a bag of that happy stuff Cuz the way she runs out, you can tell she ain't had enough Good times goddess My goodness Got finger nail polish autopilot foot prints With a smile that's stitched to the fabric of bedtime tales and Keep them kids out of the attic The mouth of madness Loud and manic The motive of the bird holding south on the atlas Picture a hole Put your hero in Envision the gold Now zero in Been watching your night train track for the last few stops With no desire to hop it How did we end up in your apartment Pocket full of gossip says this ain't smart When it's all said and done, can't get restart But I'll be damned if I don't wanna kiss you-- Hard (Chorus) Shoulda known better not to f**k wit' you Ain't got nothin' but too much to lose Lost in the rush don't know what to do That drug got you like I want you Shoulda known better not to f**k wit' you Ain't got nothin' but too much to lose Lost in the rush don't know what to do That drug got you like I want you I've got a restraining order Against Satan's daughter And I keep it at the bottom of this Jameson and water And when we get there You can sit there and stare From behind your mascara and your thick hair I'm aware of that pain you harbor The same negative game to the names you martyr Apart from the details and substance and whatnot That hunger of love pistol and gut rot Bloodshot Give me one shot, my shot Hopped up on enough talk to make time stop The lines of chalk that benjamin might cop Killed the illustrations on the neighborhood sidewalks Then all of a sudden she got silent Pupils like marbles, hide behind the eyelids Get away sticks go limping hole place The smile sucked up most of her face Truly you beat the scene so surreal And each criticism becomes redeemed Swallow my words No more judgment it's true Cuz you look like what I feel like when I'm with you Shoulda known better not to f**k wit' you Ain't got nothin' but too much to lose Lost in the rush don't know what to do That drug got you like I want you Shoulda known better not to f**k wit' you Ain't got nothin' but too much to lose Lost in the rush don't know what to do That drug got you like I want you

(Yeah, Yeah) Tony Starks ya'll Ghost, Bini and Case C'mon, yeah Sing that sh*t Let'em have it (Case) Been around the world ladies come and go Still I tell myself that you weren't one of those That's what I get for being in your life I'm not upset or ____ 1- Tried to love you tried to please you It never made a difference I see I feel so dumb Made you the one It never made a difference I see Such a perfect love or so I thought it was But you were lovin' you, girl instead of lovin' us That's what I get for being in your life I'm not upset 2- Girl, I can't believe how much I really loved you And I really don't believe how much I cared So I guess I made a fool out of myself But believe me, it wont happen again Your part of me son, yo let me jump in Case We do the same sh*t girl watcha talkin' about dog Stopped this young thief from eatin' pork Now she on the phone hollerin', you want child support Too bad I ain't got no cream and the kids they go and get it 'Cause as soon as she get it, she go and spend it And that's what I get just for lovin' her more Got me feeling like a stranger when I walk in the door Lookin' at me like it's my fault, (word) With devious thoughts in the back of her head Wishin' the kids were on morphine Get laid off or get sprayed off lose my face But I refuse like a plane I'm a take off Induce my career now that I'm alone I Think without stress for the moment Case Y'know I'm a ____ When I love I love too hard ____ [Repeat 1] til fade