Words like love and happiness Never seem to stand up baby When you put them to the test, yeah You say that you're a poet That your love's a work of art But you can't paint love by numbers babe You gotta play it all by heart (Ooh) Baby, baby, baby, baby It happens all the time How you play me, play me, play me Playing with my mind Baby, baby, baby, baby You're making me go crazy (ahh) And if you call that love Then love should be a crime Honesty bites the dust Every time I hear you saying Love was never lost, yeah Did you read it in a book? Did you see it in a magazine? Do you think that I'm some new age fool? Do you think I'm so naive? (Ooh) Baby, baby, baby, baby It happens all the time How you play me, play me, play me Playing with my mind Baby, baby, baby, baby You're making me go crazy (ahh) And if you call that love Then love should be a crime (Love, love, love, love) Love should be a crime You & me Suddenly We got nothing to say (we got nothing to say) But the words get in the way (Ooh) Baby, baby, baby, baby It happens all the time How you play me, play me, play me Playing with my mind Baby, baby, baby, baby You're making me go crazy (ahh) And if you call that love And all it was Was a pocket full of nothing But a suicidal gun If you call that love Then love should be a... crime