| CHORUS/CHANT:
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| Reverse psychology
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| Doesn’t work on me It works my nerves
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| But I think logically
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| So don’t rehearse what you’re gonna say
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| I like it better the spontaneous way
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| You got an insecurity? |
| I won’t nurse it I don’t buy psyche — so why reverse it?
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| VERSE 1:
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| Games are good for attention (Mmm-yeah!)
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| But in the end they let you down
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| Hold me back or let me go But no more middle ground
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| Boy, you’ve got to play your cards right
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| Get on back to the basics of love
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| We don’t need no mindless mind games
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| A little give and take — push and shove —
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| A little honesty is what I’m in need of!
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| CHORUS/CHANT
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| VERSE 2:
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| Don’t you know I’ve seen it all
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| Though I seem naive to you
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| (So now) Hit me with anything at all —
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| Just hit me with the truth — yeah!
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| You keep thinking one of these days you’ll
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| Push my back against the wall (against the wall)
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| It’s too late for tricks of the trade now
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| I can escape anything at all — oh!
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| A little push and shove — give and take —
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| But I won’t fall!
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| CHORUS:
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| Reverse psychology
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| Doesn’t work on me (never did, never will)
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| It works my nerves
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| But I think logically
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| So don’t rehearse what you’re gonna say
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| I like it better the spontaneous way
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| You got an insecurity? |
| I won’t nurse it I don’t buy psyche — so why reverse it?
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| BRIDGE:
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| Why wait till something better comes along?
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| Why not stay steady and strong? |
| (steady and strong)
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| A silver lining cannot be far away (be far)
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| You’ll get much further if you
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| Do what you mean and mean what you say
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| 1−2-3-I said…
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| CHORUS:
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| Reverse psychology
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| Doesn’t work on me It works my nerves
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| But I think logically (oh so much)
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| So don’t rehearse what you’re gonna say
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| I like it better the spontaneous way
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| You got an insecurity? |
| I won’t nurse it I don’t buy (I don’t buy it) psyche — so why reverse it?
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| CHORUS/CHANT
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| Jam! |
| Jam!
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| I said, Jam!
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| Reverse psychology style
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| Jam
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| Jam (Oooo — yeah!) |