All I Need to Know

Under the light of a cigarette, you lose all sense of your etiquette
You're acting wild, playing like a child
All tough and loud but without a sound
Calling everybody names, asked for help but nobody came
You're black and green, somewhere in between
A hard place and a rock
With the clock ticking away, you're time is drifting by
I can see a timid truth, in the teardrop in your eye

Tell me once, tell me twice
Tell me something that you shouldn't
All the times you thought you couldn't
Now you'd tell me but you wouldn't
Tell me thrice, tell me nice
Show me all your deepest secrets
I won't rest a day until you tell me
All I need to know

Now's not the time to play nice
No teriyaki chicken no sushi rice
Eat what you can straight out of the can
Cos you won't have long to sing your song
Keep your finger-tapping light
Or you'll wake the neighbors in the dead of night
The city lights are as cold as ice
No mercy or sympathy
Something's lurking in the shadows, away from prying eyes
Though I see it peeking through, come and see me in the light

Tell me once, tell me twice
Tell me something that you shouldn't
All the times you thought you couldn't
Now you'd tell me but you wouldn't
Tell me thrice, tell me nice
Show me all your deepest secrets
I won't rest a day until you tell me
All I need to know

Tell me once, tell me twice
Tell me something that you shouldn't
All the times you thought you couldn't
Now you'd tell me but you wouldn't
Tell me thrice, tell me nice
Show me all your deepest secrets
I won't rest a day until you tell me
All I need to know

There's no telling what will be till I know
All I need to know