Nick Lowe : Cruel To Be Kind

Καλοκαίρι του 1979, το "Cruel To Be Kind" του Nick Lowe έφτιαξε τα αυτιά των ραδιοφωνικών ακροατών σε ολόκληρο τον κόσμο, ανεβαίνοντας στο # 12 στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες, στην Αγγλία στον Καναδά, την Αυστραλία και τη Νέα Ζηλανδία. Η εκδοχή που ακούμε είναι αυτή που η Lowe έκανε αργότερα τον Αύγουστο του 1979 με τον Dave Edmunds να παίζει τον οδηγό της λιμουζίνας.

Oh, I can't take another heartache
Though you say you're my friend, I'm at my wit's end
You say your love is bona fide
But that don't coincide with the things that you do
And when I ask you to be nice, you say

You gotta be
Cruel to be kind in the right measure
Cruel to be kind it's a very good sign
Cruel to be kind means that I love you
Baby, you gotta be cruel to be kind

Well, I do my best to understand, dear
But you still mystify and I want to know why
I pick myself up off the ground
To have you knock me back down again and again
And when I ask you to explain you say

You gotta be
Cruel to be kind in the right measure
Cruel to be kind it's a very good sign
Cruel to be kind means that I love you
Baby, you gotta be cruel to be kind

Well, I do my best to understand, dear
But you still mystify and I want to know why
I pick myself up off the ground
To have you knock me back down again and again
And when I ask you to explain you say

You gotta be
Cruel to be kind in the right measure
Cruel to be kind it's a very good sign
Cruel to be kind means that I love you
Baby, you gotta be cruel to be kind