Bad boy puts me down
Tells me I'm not pretty
Bad boy says he loves me
But he'd like to change everything
Of going out and laughing
Bad boy keeps harping on
He doesn't want me to go clubbing
To talk, to dance
Bad boy runs me down
Calls me every name in the book
But birds are free
And his love is a prison
Tell me why I stay
They say I gotta stop
Bad boy holds the strings
Bad boy acts tough
And I'm learning the rules
And I know nothing about it
And the more he leads me on
Tell me why I stay
They say I gotta stop
Tell me why I stay
Tell me why I stay
They say I gotta stop
They say I gotta stop