Bm            D 
Slow dancing tight  
 
A                  Bm 
My barren heart and I 
 
Bm                          D 
Your name used to taste so sweet  
 
A                                 Bm 
Then you beat the love right out of me 
 
Bm                            D 
It's a mystery how people behave! 
 
A                            Bm 
How we long for a life as a slave 
 
Bm                              D 
When he kissed me I gladly gave in 
 
A                        Bm 
To a fight nobody could win 
 
 
 
Man, he left me blue  
And if I could I would do it too 
I tell you now like I told you before 
Love is a powerful force 
And it's a mystery how people behave! 
How we long for a life as a slave 
And tumble into any open arms 
That will only ever do you harm 
 
 
 
 
Em 
Oh, you you it's always you 
 
Bm 
The best kisser that I ever knew 
 
Em 
True love is cruel love 
 
Bm 
Not much to be proud of 
 
Em 
Nerve-wrecking acrobatic backwards bend 
 
Bm      Fm     Bm 
All for a happy end 
 
 
It's a mystery how people behave! 
How we worry ourselves to the grave 
When he kissed me I lost everything 
Then I got up and did it again 
 
 
 
Oh you you, it's always you, the hardest hitter that I ever knew 
True love is cruel love 
Not much to be proud of 
Ass-kissing mercy-missing faithless friend  
All for a happy end