Baby, I can't please you,
I can't please you, baby, ooh baby,
Baby, I can't please you,
I can't please you, baby.

Every time you start to criticise I can see the misery in your eyes,
You say I make your pain, but you're trying to turn the blame all around you.

Baby, I can't please you,
I can't please you, baby, ooh baby,
Baby, I can't please you,
I can't please you, baby.

You take the words I say and make them mean everything they don't,
Baby, you're obscene,
You don't listen, you don't hear, you're blinded by the fear that surrounds you.

Baby, I can't please you,
I can't please you, baby, ooh baby,
Baby, I can't please you,
I can't please you, baby.

I know you say "love" when you mean "control,"
You buy the truth and your heart is cold, so you live in shadows,
Baby, I can't please you.

You try to tell the world how it should spin, but you live in terror with the hollow men who stun you with their lies, with fever in their eyes as they drown you.

Baby, I can't please you,
I can't please you, baby, ooh baby,
Baby, I can't please you,
I can't please you, baby, ooh baby,
Baby, I can't please you,
I can't please you, baby, ooh baby,
Baby, I can't please you,
I can't please you, baby, ooh baby,
Baby, I can't please you,
I can't please you, baby, ooh baby,
Baby, I can't please you,
I can't please you, baby, ooh baby.