[Intro]
I-I-I promise
I-I'll be worth the wait
I-I’ll be worth the wait
I promise

[Verse 1]
You might think I'm crazy, but I'm serious
It’s better you know now
What I thought was happiness was only part time bliss
You can take a bow
It was all just one big night out on the town
Riding in your limousine
We turned right and I said wrong which brings us to a stop
As the light is changing

[Chorus]
Oh, my meters running, so I've got to go now
It's the pleasure principle, oh-o, oh-o, oh-ooo
It's the principle of pleasure, oh-ooo
It's the pleasure principle, oh-o, oh-o

[Verse 2]
It's true you want to build your life on guarantees
Hey, take a ride in a big yellow taxi
I'm not here to feed your insecurities
I wanted you to love me
This has become an all too familiar scene
It's not the first time I paid the fare
Where’d you get the idea of material possession?
Thank you for the ride, nowhere
[Chorus]
And oh, my meters running, so I’ve really got to go
It's the pleasure principle, oh-o, oh-o, oh-ooo hoo
It’s the principle of pleasure, oh-ooo ah
It's the pleasure principle oh-o, oh-o, oh-oh, ohh ah-ah

[Bridge]
I know, what you mean to me
Baby, this is nowhere
You know, what became between you and me
Human differential
Di-da, di da-daaa
Oh-o, it's the principle of pleasure (Yeah)
The pleasure principle, the pleasure principle (Di da-da, baby)
Oh-o (yeah), the pleasure principle
It's the pleasure principle, oh-o, oh-o, oh-oh ohhh ah-ah

[Bridge 2]
You might say, that I’m no good for you
I wouldn't trust your looks, baby, if I could
I got so many, things I wanna do, before I'm through
Hey yay, di-da, di da-daaa
Oh-o, it's the pleasure principle (yeah)
The pleasure principle, the pleasure principle (Di da-da baby)
Oh-o, the principle of pleasure
The pleasure principle
[Outro]
(Oh-o) Baby, you can't hold me down
Baby, you can't hold me down
After all the love that we've been through
After all you've put me through
Yeah yeah, hey, yeah
(Oh-o) Love me, love me, yeah, love me, yeah!
Hoo-ooh, (Oh-o) ooh-ooh ooh ooh
(It's the pleasure principle, oh-o, oh-o, oh-oh ohh ah-ah)
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah!