Cruel lyrics

So don't give me respect

Don't give me a piece of your preciousness

Flaunt all she's got in your old neighborhood

I'm sure she'll make a few friends

Even the rain bows down, let us pray

As you cock up, cock your mane

No cigarettes only peeled Havanas for you

I can be cruel

I don't know, why?

Why can't my balloon stay up

In a perfectly windy sky

I can be cruel

I don't know, why?

Don't know, why?

Dance with the Sufi's

Celebrate your top ten in the charts of pain

Lover, brother, bougainvillea

My vine twists around your need

Even the rain is sharp like today

As you shock me sane

No cigarettes only peeled Havanas for you

I can be cruel

I don't know, why?

Why can't my balloon stay up

In a perfectly windy sky?

I can be cruel

I don't know, why?

Don't know, why?

I can be cruel

I don't know, why?

Why can't my balloon stay up

In a perfectly windy sky?

I can be cruel

I don't know, why?

Don't know why, why?

Why, why?

Why, why?

• Artist:Tori Amos
• Album:From the Choirgirl Hotel (1998)