[Verse 1]
So don’t give me respect
Don’t give me a piece of your preciousness
Flaunt all she’s got in our old neighborhood
I’m sure she’ll make a few friends
Even the rainbows down let us pray
As you cock, cock, cock your mane

[Pre-Chorus]
No cigarettes, only peeled Havanas for you

[Chorus]
I can be cruel
I don’t know why
Why can’t my balloon stay up (in)
In a perfectly windy sky?
I can be cruel
I don’t know why, I don’t know why

[Verse 2]
Dance with the Sufis
Celebrate your top ten in the charts of pain (oh, oh, oh)
Lover, brother, bougainvillea
My vine twists around your need (ah, uh-oh)
Even the rain is sharp like today
As you sh-sh-shock me sane
Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah, ah, right
Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah, right
[Pre-Chorus]
No cigarettes, only peeled Havanas for you

[Chorus]
I can be cruel
I don’t know why
Why can’t my balloon stay up (in)
In a perfectly windy sky?
I can be cruel
I don’t know why, I don’t know why

[Post-Chorus]
Cruel, I don't why
I don't know why
Why?
Oh, why?
Ah-ah ah-ah-ah, ah, right

[Outro]
I can be cruel, I don’t know why
Why can’t my balloon stay up in a perfectly windy sky?
Cruel
I don't know why
I don't know why, oh, why?
Ah, ah-ah, uh-oh-ah, alright
I can be cruel, I don't know why
Perfectly windy sky