This is why we can't have nice things

[00:06.05] It was so nice throwing big parties

[00:09.05] Jump into the pool from the balcony

[00:11.98] Everyone swimming in a champagne sea

[00:17.82] And there are no rules when you show up here

[00:20.79] Bass beat rattling the chandelier

[00:23.69] Feeling so Gatsby for that whole year

[00:28.47] So why'd you have to rain on my parade?

[00:33.79] I'm shaking my head, I'm locking the gates

[00:39.37] This is why we can't have nice things, darling

[00:46.80] Because you break them, I had to take them away

[00:50.82] This is why we can't have nice things, honey (oh)

[00:58.26] Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?

[01:02.52] This is why we can't have nice things

[01:07.57] It was so nice being friends again

[01:10.48] There I was giving you a second chance

[01:13.40] But you stabbed me in the back while shaking my hand

[01:19.25] And therein lies the issue, friends don't try to trick you

[01:22.18] Get you on the phone and mind-twist you

[01:25.13] And so I took an axe to a mended fence

[01:30.44] But I'm not the only friend you've lost lately (mmm-mmm)

[01:35.50] If only you weren't so shady

[01:40.53] This is why we can't have nice things, darling

[01:48.26] Because you break them, I had to take them away

[01:52.55] This is why we can't have nice (nice things) things (baby), honey (oh)

[01:59.74] Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?

[02:03.99] This is why we can't have-

[02:05.58] Here's a toast to my real friends

[02:08.76] They don't care about the he said, she said

[02:11.69] And here's to my baby

[02:14.61] He ain't reading what they call me lately

[02:17.54] And here's to my mama

[02:20.47] Had to listen to all this drama

[02:23.12] And here's to you

[02:25.78] 'Cause forgiveness is a nice thing to do

[02:31.62] Hahaha, I can't even say it with a straight face!

[02:35.08] This is why we can't have nice things, darling (darling)

[02:42.25] Because you break them, I had to take them away

[02:46.23] This is why we can't have nice (uh-uh) things (oh no), honey (baby, oh)

[02:53.96] Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?

[02:57.95] This is why we can't have nice things, darling (oh)

[03:03.85] And here's to my real friends

[03:05.97] (Oh) because you break them, I had to take them

[03:08.63] And here's to my baby

[03:11.28] (Oh) nice things, honey

[03:15.03] They didn't care about the he said, she said

[03:17.42] Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?

[03:21.40] This is why we can't have nice things