This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

[00:05.04] It was so nice throwing big parties

[00:09.31] Jump into the pool from the balcony

[00:12.31] Everyone swimming in a champagne sea

[00:17.58] And there are no rules when you show up here

[00:20.85] Bass beat rattling the chandelier

[00:24.12] Feeling so Gatsby for that whole year

[00:28.64] So why'd you have to rain on my parade?

[00:32.91] I'm shaking my head, I'm locking the gates

[00:39.43] This is why we can't have nice things, darling

[00:46.20] Because you break them, I had to take them away

[00:51.48] This is why we can't have nice things, honey (oh)

[00:59.78] Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?

[01:03.55] This is why we can't have nice things

[01:07.81] It was so nice being friends again

[01:10.84] There I was giving you a second chance

[01:13.60] But you stabbed me in the back while shaking my hand

[01:19.39] And therein lies the issue, friends don't try to trick you

[01:22.42] Get you on the phone and mind-twist you

[01:24.93] And so I took an axe to a mended fence

[01:29.96] But I'm not the only friend you've lost lately (mmm-mmm)

[01:35.48] If only you weren't so shady

[01:41.80] This is why we can't have nice things, darling

[01:47.59] Because you break them, I had to take them away

[01:52.87] This is why we can't have nice (nice things) things (baby), honey (oh)

[01:59.16] Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?

[02:03.93] This is why we can't have-

[02:06.19] Here's a toast to my real friends

[02:08.70] They don't care about the he said, she said

[02:11.73] And here's to my baby

[02:14.75] He ain't reading what they call me lately

[02:17.77] And here's to my mama

[02:20.79] Had to listen to all this drama

[02:23.55] And here's to you

[02:26.06] 'Cause forgiveness is a nice thing to do

[02:31.85] Hahaha, I can't even say it with a straight face!

[02:35.62] This is why we can't have nice things, darling (darling)

[02:41.89] Because you break them, I had to take them away

[02:46.91] This is why we can't have nice (uh-uh) things (oh no), honey (baby, oh)

[02:53.18] Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?

[02:58.20] This is why we can't have nice things, darling (oh)

[03:05.24] And here's to my real friends

[03:06.99] (Oh) because you break them, I had to take them

[03:09.75] And here's to my baby

[03:11.76] (Oh) nice things, honey

[03:15.52] They didn't care about the he said, she said

[03:17.54] Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?

[03:21.56] This is why we can't have nice things