here is the money that i owe you so you can pay the bills i will give you more when i get paid again i hate those people who love to tell you money is the root of all that kills they have never been poor they have never had the joy of a welfare christmas i know we will never look back you say you wake up crying yes and you don't know why you get up and you go lay down inside my baby's room i guess i'm doing ok i moved in with the strangest guy can you believe he actually thinks that i am really alive i will buy you a garden where your flowers can bloom i will buy you a new car perfect shiny and new i will buy you that big house way up in the west hills i will buy you a new life yes i will i know all about that other guy the handsome man with athletic thighs i know about the times before with that obsessive little rich boy they might make you think you're happy yeah maybe for a minute or two they can't make you laugh no they can't make you feel the way that i do chorus i know we can never look back will you please let me stay the night no one will ever know chorus i will buy you a new life