This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

[00:06.63] It was so nice throwing big parties

[00:09.15] Jump into the pool from the balcony

[00:12.17] Everyone swimming in a champagne sea

[00:18.20] And there are no rules when you show up here

[00:20.98] Bass beat rattling the chandelier

[00:24.00] Feeling so Gatsby for that whole year

[00:29.03] So why'd you have to rain on my parade?

[00:34.06] I'm shaking my head, I'm locking the gates

[00:39.34] This is why we can't have nice things, darling

[00:46.87] Because you break them, I had to take them away

[00:50.89] This is why we can't have nice things, honey (oh)

[00:58.42] Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?

[01:02.44] This is why we can't have nice things

[01:07.98] It was so nice being friends again

[01:10.75] There I was giving you a second chance

[01:13.79] But you stabbed me in the back while shaking my hand

[01:19.55] And therein lies the issue, friends don't try to trick you

[01:22.57] Get you on the phone and mind-twist you

[01:25.58] And so I took an axe to a mended fence

[01:30.36] But I'm not the only friend you've lost lately (mmm-mmm)

[01:35.69] If only you weren't so shady

[01:40.98] This is why we can't have nice things, darling

[01:48.50] Because you break them, I had to take them away

[01:52.51] This is why we can't have nice (nice things) things (baby), honey (oh)

[01:59.79] Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?

[02:04.07] This is why we can't have-

[02:06.08] Here's a toast to my real friends

[02:09.08] They don't care about the he said, she said

[02:11.84] And here's to my baby

[02:14.85] He ain't reading what they call me lately

[02:17.88] And here's to my mama

[02:20.90] Had to listen to all this drama

[02:23.40] And here's to you

[02:25.90] 'Cause forgiveness is a nice thing to do

[02:32.17] Hahaha, I can't even say it with a straight face!

[02:35.18] This is why we can't have nice things, darling (darling)

[02:42.73] Because you break them, I had to take them away

[02:46.74] This is why we can't have nice (uh-uh) things (oh no), honey (baby, oh)

[02:53.75] Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?

[02:58.05] This is why we can't have nice things, darling (oh)

[03:03.54] And here's to my real friends

[03:06.29] (Oh) because you break them, I had to take them

[03:08.81] And here's to my baby

[03:12.08] (Oh) nice things, honey

[03:15.34] They didn't care about the he said, she said

[03:17.35] Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?

[03:21.64] This is why we can't have nice things