She was a ricochet heading back at me
She was the full circle nightmare
Weaved into the thick of my dreams at night
I toss and I turn and I wake up without you at my side
These days, there's a million ways of makin' love a woman
But I can't find one way with you
You're the full circle nightmare
Making all these bad dreams come true

Oh, he was a dead lay
He was a dumb kid
He was a little less than what you like
So why the hell did you do with it at all?
His picture's perfect babe
But it's hanging crooked there on your wall for show
And now you've gotta live with every photo
You wish you could let go, too bad
The full circle nightmare
Never lets you have what you had

But what's a boy to do
With such a whiplash woman?
I'd never make it through to you in time
Time

It was my last night
It was my last chance
It was a warehouse party
Where I saw her spinnin' 'round in a dance, alone
A flash of light hit me right in the eyes
Then she was gone, so quick
And the people 'round the punchbowl
Made me feel so twisted and sick of you
You're the full circle nightmare
Making all these bad dreams come true

But what's a boy to do
With such a whiplash woman?
I'd never make it through to you in time
Time
Time
Time