If You Wanted to Hurt Me - Michael McDonald

La la la la la la

Hey now

I’ve been waiting for you all my life

Only to hear you tell me that you couldn’t be mine

How we both lose and we pay the price

You make it sound to me that, that you’re crucified

Now my fleeting joy grows so dim

As you turn away and run to him

Makes me wonder what you mean when you say you’d stay

If you only could

That you must break my heart for my own good

Makes me wonder how you’d treat me, baby

If you wanted to hurt me, no, baby

If you really wanted to hurt me, yeah

No matter how I try, I may never find

A single ray of hope in all your lies

So I live in fear, my share of doubt

You’re just another heartache and there’s no way out

And so this hope grows so dim

As you turn away and run to him

So once more, tell me

how you’re thinking that you must be cruel to be kind

For all your good intentions with me in mind

Makes me wonder how you’d treat me, baby

If you wanted to hurt me, no, babe

If you really wanted to hurt me

No, babe

No, baby

If you really wanted to hurt me

Yeah, yeah

So you say you’d stay if you could

But you must break my heart for my own good

Makes me wonder how you’d treat me, baby

If you wanted to hurt me, no, babe

If you really wanted to hurt me, you’re doing just fine

For all your good intentions with me in mind

Makes me wonder how you’d treat me, baby

If you really wanted to hurt me, yeah, baby

If you wanted to hurt me, I know you would

Yeah, yeah, your love, baby

No, no

If you really wanted to hurt me

No, no, no

Hey now, baby, don’t you do it

Oh, darling

(Don't do it) Don’t do it

(Don't do it) Don’t do it

(Don't do it)

No, babe (Oh, baby)

Don’t do it (Don't do it)

(Don't do it)

No, no

(Don't do it)

Baby, don’t you do it (Don't do it)

Baby, don’t do it

(Don't do it, no)

(Don't do it) No, no

(Don't do it)

(Don't do it, yeah)

(Don't do it) If I don’t have you, baby

(Don't do it) By my side

No, baby

(Don't do it)

Makes me wonder how you’d treat me, baby

If you really wanted to hurt me

No, baby

(Don't do it)

(Don't do it)

(Don't do it)