
…with my best friend
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Oh, baby... you're too mean, darlin' (you treat me so mean, girl)
Why you do it, baby (you treat me…
…)
Baby, you've reached mine
[Outro]
Oh, baby... (you treat me so mean, girl)
You treat me mean, girl
(You treat me so cruel…
…girl)
I've been losing you, girl
(You treat me so mean, girl)
Walk on me, no no, why you're doin' it, baby
(You treat me so cruel…

…Cruel
How could you be so cruel, cruel, cruel, cruel
You know I wouldn't do it to you
You treat me like a fool, fool, fool
Oh…
…hand
And I don't understand, uh
Iggin' me, baby (It's iggin' me, baby)
That you could be so cruel (Cruel, cruel)
I thought…
…my mind, you treat me so unkind in the things you do
Oh oh
Play it for me, uh
Play it for me, El, uh
Here me, baby
Baby, baby
Ooh…

…Cruel
How could you be so cruel, cruel, cruel, cruel
You know I wouldn't do it to you
You treat me like a fool, fool, fool
Oh…
…hand
And I don't understand, uh
Iggin' me, baby (It's iggin' me, baby)
That you could be so cruel (Cruel, cruel)
I thought…
…my mind, you treat me so unkind in the things you do
Oh oh
Play it for me, uh
Play it for me, El, uh
Here me, baby
Baby, baby
Ooh…

…[Intro]
"My name is Brown"
"My name is Bobby"
"My name is Brown"
"Don't-don't-don't be, baby"
"My name is Brown"
"My name…
…]
If I was you, and you were me, you'd want to be winning
If you want something bad ya, you gotta wanna give your all
'Cause I believe so…
…[Chorus]
Don't be cruel
'Cause I would never be that cruel to you
A-no, oh, a-no
Don't be cruel
Girl, you need to change your attitude…

…you're so nice and polite
But when I get you home, and you turn out the light
Treat me like an animal, treat me bad
In her eyes…
…with it, feed the body, not the mind
That's all I need to survive
Treat me like an animal, then maybe you'll be satisfied
Treat me cruel, don't treat me kind…
…an animal, treat me cruel
Treat me like an animal, treat me cruel
Yes, treat me like an animal, baby treat me like an animal, treat me bad…

…you're so nice and polite
But when I get you home, and you turn out the light
Treat me like an animal, treat me bad
In her eyes I…
…with it, feed the body, not the mind
That's all I need to survive
Treat me like an animal, then maybe you'll be satisfied
Treat me cruel, don't treat me kind…
…an animal, treat me cruel
Treat me like an animal, treat me cruel
Yes, treat me like an animal, baby treat me like an animal, treat me bad…

…bad babe, and I know I've been your fool.
But now that don't give you no reason to treat me so cruel.
You can leave me feeling…
…treat me real bad babe, I aint nothin but your fool.
Hell now that don't give you no reason to treat me so cruel
You can leave me…
…the rules.
Well you treat me real bad babe. I aint nothin but your fool.
Hell now that don't give you no reason to treat me so cruel…

…to count me out
(I'm saving kisses for my baby)
You'll have to count me out (This time, ooh)
You'll have to count me out
[Mr…
…[If It Isn't Love]
[Chorus: New Edition & Ralph Tresvant]
If it isn't love, why do I feel this way?
(Why does it hurt so bad?)
Why…
…]
Listen, baby
Don't even waste your tears on that insensitive man
Can you feel it? Hey
[Pre-Chorus: Ralph Tresvant]
Don't need…

You can treat me dirty
You can treat me cruel
It doesn't really matter
I was still your loving fool
Cause baby, oh baby, you…
…heals all the wounds
That's what the people say
But for all your wrong doings
Someday you'll have to pay
Cause baby, oh baby
I know…
…dirty
You can treat me cruel
It doesn't really matter
I was still your loving fool
Cause baby, oh baby, you really
didn't know what…

Well, he's a thief. You know he steal
Your heart and ask you how you feel.
And it's you that's more…
…the fool, the fool
For letting him treat you so cruel.
So you're standing on a limb.
You're just thinking about him.
And you run…
…how you feel. (Ask you how you feel)
And it's you that's more the fool, the fool
For letting him treat you so cruel. (So cruel)…

…the strangest dream
You grab the phone and scream
"Don't treat me like that"
Cause rich boys can be so cruel
But momma didn't raise…
…no fool
Don't treat me like that
Baby get in your bunk
Smells like a skunk
Looks like a stow away in the box car
Gold on your…
…the strangest dream
You grab the phone and scream
"Don't treat me like that"
Rich boys can be so cruel
But momma didn't raise no fool
Don't treat me like that
Oh don't treat me like that…

…cold?
[Chorus]
So cold, how can you be
So cold, so cruel to me?
Ice cold, don't even feel
Your kiss is like fire
But deep down…
…for you
You are
[Chorus]
So cold, how can you be (oh, baby)
So cold, so cruel to me?
Ice cold, don't even feel
Your kiss…
…cold, so cruel to me?
Ice cold, don't even feel
Your kiss is on fire
But deep down inside you're so cold
[Bridge]
Made of stone
Oh…

…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…
…and there's no way out
And so this hole grows so deep
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
But are your…
…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…

Followin' us home
We both got somebody we lost the fire for
That ain't no reason to treat 'em cruel
We're gonna keep on leading
Keep…
…receipts
Followin' us home
Yeah, we both got somebody we lost the fire for
That ain't no reason to treat 'em cruel
We're gonna keep…
…somebody we lost the fire for
That ain't no reason to treat 'em cruel
We're gonna keep on leading
Keep this secret that we're keeping…
By The Beautiful South (1994)
On album Miaow (1994)

…So it's me left with the baby and disease
You can't say you didn't want it on your hands and on your knees
You made me feel so…
…the human race
Now I'm by myself
A woman who knows her place
It's not so much the chase, it's the race
They say treat her like…
…a lady and she'll treat you like her jewels
They say cruel to be kind, I just say cruel to be cruel
They say only marry once, I say only…