Why you always want to get the best of me
   I'm like a seeing-eye dog and I can't even see
   They're naked and they're following my master who is blind
   And my mind's gone to pieces, I could use some piece of mind
  
   So I picked up the pieces and I made a new start
   Stole an old stiletto, started stabbing in the dark
   I can't live without it, I would surely fall apart
   But it's hard to make arrangements 'round a bittersweetheart
  
   Bittersweetheart
   Better get yourself a little street smart
   Bittersweetheart, sad but true
   It's a bittersweetheart that's a hard heart to cure
   It's just my bittersweetheart
  
   It's like a suicide mission when you can't see no end
   Tired of compliment-fishing and impressing your friends
   I never kissed no one just to kiss and tell
   It's a little bit of heaven and a whole lot of hell
  
   In the eye of the beholder is a beautiful start
   But you always seem to end up with a bittersweetheart
   There's a darkness looming but the sun is shining bright
   I can live to see the morning if I stay up all night
  
   Bittersweetheart
   Without a shortcut, without a head-start
   Bittersweetheart, sad but true
   It's a bittersweetheart that's a hard heart to cure
   My bittersweetheart
   It's the hardest part
   Bittersweetheart
  
   Are you in there, are you beating
   Beating me up until I'm bleeding
   How much blood can you spare
  
   Bittersweetheart
   Think just a drink might get you to the good part
   Lyin' in bed just a'wonderin' what to do,
   It's a bittersweetheart that'a a hard heart to cure
  
   In time inside you find you always wind up with a bittersweetheart