It's hard to be a nice guy all the time Everybody knows that guilty feeling When you hurt the one you love Yes, I'm guilty of that crime It's a strain to maintain that loving feeling Even when you say, "Don't be cruel" People being what they are, there's danger There's gun battles in the suburbs I didn't mean to be mean Oh, no I didn't mean to be mean Oh, no It's hard to be a nice guy all the time Everybody knows that guilty feeling When you hurt the one you love Yes I'm guilty of that crime Now I wouldn't say I was no saint But there are worse things that I ain't My old mum will stand by me And she's as true as she can be I didn't mean to be mean Oh, no I didn't mean to be mean Oh, no I didn't mean to be mean Oh, no No, no, no I didn't mean to be mean Oh, no I didn't mean to be mean Oh, no