Tell your father
Tell your priest
You'll be gone for a hundred weeks
Tell your sister
Where you'll be
Tell your brother
You're with me
What the hell's it gonna take to make you see
Not gonna sit around and let it be
What the hell else do I got to do
Because I know what it's all about
Play with fire
You'll get burnt
Trust in liars
Then you'll learn
To run with scissors
You'll get cut
Sleep in New York
You'll get stuck
What the hell's it gonna take to make you see
Not gonna sit around and let it be
What the hell else do I got to do
'Cause I know what it's all about
Tell me honey
What will be
Back at home or here with me
You played with fire
And you got burned
Sleep in New York
Then you'll learn
What the hell's it gonna take to make you see
Not gonna sit around and let it be
What the hell else do I have to do
Because I know it'll all work out
'Cause I know what it's all about
