The things i said about you maybe we could work it out someday Things were going pretty well 'till i died on that summer afternoon when you broke down before my eyes well i got a streak of meanness a clumsy way of speaking and i don't know where i get it from it must run in my family Do i have to go down on my knees? this is my 16th apology to you with friends like me who needs enemies I got a river inside the size of my rage which is really something else when you think of my tender age well i got a way about me but it's hard for me to see it and i don't know when i'm in the wrong why am i so hard to please? This is my 16th apology to you do i have to go down on my knees for you with friends like me who needs enemies The things i said about you were all said yesterday i didn't mean to hurt you maybe we could work it out someday Well i got a streak of meanness a clumsy way of speaking and i don't know when i'm in the wrong why am i so hard to please? Do i have to go down on my knees? this is my 16th apology to you with friends like me who needs enemies Didn't your mother ever tell you to err is human, to forgive is divine oh well, i'll see you in the next life