[Verse 1]
He said to me
“I dunno how it‘s gonna be without you, without me.”
I said to him
“I don‘t wanna find out what it‘s like, because you...
Because you control me.”

[Pre-Chorus]
You control me
You control me always
You control me
You control me
Yeah, you control me always

[Chorus]
This is how we learn to be happy
This is how we learn the hard way
This is how we learn to be happy
This is how we learn the hard way, the hard way

[Verse 2]
I got a job that I hated ‘cause
I don‘t want your god to get mad, to get mad
Where‘s my glass of wine?
In the bed that I sleep in every night
It‘s worth the catch

[Pre-Chorus]
‘Cause it controls me
It controls me
Yeah, it controls me always
It controls me
It controls me
Yeah, it controls me always

[Chorus]
This is how we learn to be happy
This is how we learn the hard way
This is how we learn to be happy
This is how we learn the hard way, the hard way
The hard way, the hard way

[Pre-Chorus]
‘Cause you control me
You control me
You control me always

[Chorus - Outro]
This is how we learn to be happy
This is how we learn the hard way
This is how we learn to be happy
This is how we learn the hard way, the hard way
(It controls me always)
The hard way, the hard way
(It controls me always)
The hard way, the hard way
This is how we learn
(It controls me always)
This is how we learn
This is how we learn