[Verse 1]
Sympathy, won't you come around?
I don’t need the commotion
Usually, though I'm up and down
You just need rollercoasters

[Pre-Chorus]
Good-goodness me, all you talk about
Is how you'll beat all the others
Sympathy won’t come around
So make peace and discover

[Chorus]
Why you make it up?
Party on and tear it down (Down, ooh)
Don't you wanna get it on? (On, yeah)
Everybody believes you now

[Verse 2]
I can see what you're all about
You don't need to be clever
If you don't speak your thoughts aloud
You just feel them forever

[Pre-Chorus]
Good-goodness me, all you talk about
Is how you'll beat one another
Sympathy is gonna come around
So make peace and discover
[Chorus]
Why you gotta make it up?
Party on and tear it down, down
Don't you wanna get it on?
Everybody believes you now

[Bridge]
You don't need to be clever
You don’t need to be clever
You don’t need to be clever

[Outro]
(Sympathy's gonna come around)
(You don’t need to be clever)
(Sympathy's gonna come around)
(You don't need to be clever)
(You don't need to be clever)
(You don’t need to be clever)