There´s somebody that I want you to know
She´s a sweet, sweet friend of mine
If she has a fault, she will go overboard
When there´s a man around, she flirts like a child

Darling, take a hint once and for all
Stay away from them
´Cause everything you say
Just seems to them so strange
They cross the street whenever they see you come
When the cynics stare back from the wall
It´s no fun at all
Honey, even when you feel flat and broken
You got to trust to a happy mind
You could put your faith in me
If you´ve got eyes to see
And you got arms that wait for something to hold
When the cynics stare back from the wall
It always feels cold

When I saw you in the café today
Explain it all away to me
Everyone we know, every girl and boy

Each one is a misery
So look me straight in the eye and tell me you´re alright
´Cause I want to know the truth
Nothing else will do
Nothing else will do

If you keep making the same mistakes over
You´re like a puppy with a broken leg
Hey, and if it goes okay, you´ve got me to blame
For being so cynical, and never the boy
You used to laugh at till you cried on your bed
At all the stupid things I said
At all the stupid things I said

When I saw you in the café today
Explain it all away to me
Everyone we know, every girl and boy

Each one is a misery
So look me straight in the eye
And tell me you´re alright
´Cause I want to know the truth
Nothing else will do
When the cynics stare back from the wall
I know it´s time to change
I was so confused by the promises
And the hardest thing is to walk
Towards the things you need
When the things you want
Are like vision for the blind

And I know you don´t believe in a single thing
That you can´t touch, smell, or feel
Hey, it´s been a week of woe
Which way you gonna go?
When your desire has but all run aground

´Cause when the cynics stare back from the wall
You´d better not fall
You´d better not fall
You´d better not fall
You´d better not fall