I'm going to dress up tonight I'll look real pretty For I don't know who I'll find my own way Around this great big city And I'll sit at a bar And I'm gonna have a drink I'll leave you to revel In your youthful yearnings I know you like to visit them From time to time Like a thief I steal The words you write to her I take them to my heart And I wish them to be mine But this is nothin' But it ain't nothin' Oh this is nothin' new But it ain't nothin' You long for sweetness Does mine make you sickly Or maybe I no longer have The sweetness you require There's nothing sweet About a heart so embittered It's ugly and it's cold And tonight it's out for hire This is nothin' new But it ain't nothin' here We live through this Day after day Complacency's a curse But you just can't escape it I've arrived at a place Where my tolerance gave way And I struggle to hold My head up high