[Chorus]
(I don't want it that way)
(I don't want it that way)
It's just no good to be so free
I don't want it that way

[Verse 1]
You were mine yesterday
And I treated you cruel
Now I'm the fool who has to pay
I don't want it that way

[Chorus]
(I don't want it that way) I don't want it that way
(I don't want it that way) I don't want it that way
It's just no good to be so free
I don't want it that way

[Verse 2]
(I don't wanna be sad) I don't wanna be sad
(I would rather be glad) I would rather be glad
This heartbreak feeling just won't heal
And it's driving me mad

[Chorus]
I don't want it that way
I don't want it that way
It's just no good to be so free
I don't want it that way
[Outro]
I don't want it that way