A SCHOOL BOY'S CRUSH HAS GOT THE BEST OF ME NOW I'M HANGING BY MY TEETH FROM A TREE SHE TOOK WHAT I HAD I PLAYED MY LOVE BLIND I TOOK ALL OF THE REASON OUT OF THE RHYME WHY DID I GO AND THROW IT ALL AWAY? TOO MUCH DAMNED CONFUSION I'M JUST NO GOOD, NO GOOD, NO GOOD FOR NOBODY BUT MYSELF I TOLD HER THAT MY LIFE WAS REAL TOUGH AT THE TIME SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE ONLY WANTED TO EXPLORE THESE ARMS OF MINE AS WE DANCED BY THE FIRE SIPPED CRISTAL AS I TOLD HER BOUT MY LIFE TOLD HER BOUT MY CHILDREN EVEN TOLD HER BOUT MY WIFE WHY DID I GO AND THROW IT ALL AWAY? TOO MUCH DAMNED CONFUSION I'M JUST NO GOOD, NO GOOD, NO GOOD FOR NOBODY BUT MYSELF BREAK IT DOWN I GOT TO RAP TO 'EM Y'ALL YOU SEE WE'D BEEN KICKING IT FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS AND THINGS WERE REALLY GETTING OUT OF HAND
I WAS COMING HOME LATE AND RUNNING OUT OF EXCUSES AND SHE'D BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY FOR ME TO LEAVE MY WIFE AND I'D BEEN STALLING TRYING TO HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS SO ONE NIGHT AFTER WORK WE WERE HAVING DINNER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN I COULD SEE THAT SHE HAD SOMETHING SHE WANTED TO SAY TO ME BUT THE WORDS SHE COULD NOT FIND AND JUST AS SHE BEGAN TO MUMBLE ME THE WORDS THAT SHE HAD FOUND SOMEBODY ELSE AND THAT IT WAS OVER OUT THE CORNER OF MY EYES I SAW MY WIFE WALKING THROUGH THE DOOR I WAS BUSTED AND LEFT WITH THE BILL WHY DID I GO AND THROW IT ALL AWAY? TOO MUCH DAMNED CONFUSION I'M JUST NO GOOD, NO GOOD, NO GOOD FOR NOBODY BUT MYSELF AS WE DANCED BY THE FIRE WE SIPPED ON CRISTAL NOBODY FOR NOBODY BUT MYSELF FOR NOBODY BUT MYSELF