Yeah

I hear you've been up to your old tricks
It seems you're never gonna learn
If you keep puttin' your hand in the fire, babe
You're gonna get your fingers burned

Who'd believe you ever cared for me
The way you tried to run my life
Ah, you ain't nothin' but a gutter rat sister
Crawlin' on the edge of a knife

You come on like a fever
You said, "I'm never gonna leave ya"

The lines are drawn but, baby, somethin' ain't right
You stеal my lovin' like a thief in the night
Now you'rе caught between the famine and the feast
Oh, that's the nature of the beast

You've been sneakin' around like an alley cat
Tell me, is it money or love?
And all those things you've been sayin' to me
Are 'bout as clear as Mississippi mud

You wouldn't take a million dollars
You wouldn't take a diamond ring
Think there's a way you can get me back
Well, babe, you better think again
I said I'd treat you like a princess
But now you're losin' my interest

The lines are drawn between the black and the white
I'd stand up to you, but it ain't worth the fight
You're movin' in closer, but I'm still outta reach
Oh, that's the nature of the beast

Yeah

The lines are drawn but, baby, somethin' ain't right
You steal my lovin' like a thief in the night
Now you're caught between the famine and the feast
Oh, yeah

The time has come and now you better see the light
I'd stand up to you, but it ain't worth the fight
You're movin' in closer, but I'm still outta reach
Oh, but that's the nature of the beast

Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah

That's the nature, that's the nature
That's the nature of the beast
Yeah, [?]
Yeah
That's the nature
Yeah, the nature of the beast