[Chorus]
        
In the night, 

I hear 'em tal

k
             
The coldest st

ory ever told
          
Somewd2here fa

r along this r

oad
             
He lost his so

              
ul to a woman 

         
so heartless
             
How could you 

              
be so heartles

 
s?
             
Oh, how could 

              
you be so hear

      
tless?

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[Verse 1]
 
How could you 

be so

Cold as the winter wind when it breeze, yo?

Just remember that you talkin' to me though
              
You need to wa

             
tch the way yo

             
u talkin' to m

e, yo
        
I mean, after 

all the things

 that we been 

through

I mean, after all the things we got into

Ayo, I know of some things that you ain't told me
             
Ayo, I did som

              
e things but t

          
hat's the old 

me
             
And now you wa


nna get me bac

k and you gon'

 show me

So you walk around like you don't know me

You got a new friend, well, I got homies
            G* (let Ring)
But in the end, it's still so lonely


[Chorus]
         
In the night, 

I hear 'em tal

k
              
The coldest st


ory ever told
           
Somewhere far 

along this roa

d
             
He lost his so

              
ul to a woman 

          
so heartless
             
How could you 

              
be so heartles


s?

Oh, how could 

you be so hear

tless?


[Verse 2]
 
How could you 

be so Dr. Evil

?

You're bringin' out a side of me that I don't know

I decided we wasn't gon' speak so
             
Why we up 3 AM


 on the phone?
 
Why do she be 

so mad at me f

o'?

Homie, I don't know, she's hot and cold

I won't stop, won't mess my groove up
             
‘Cause I alrea

            
dy know how th

is thing go
     
You run and te

ll your friend

s that you're 

leavin' me

They say that they don't see what you see in me

You wait a couple of months, then you gon' see
         *G (let ring)
You'll never find nobody better than me


[Chorus]
       
In the night, 

I hear 'em tal

k (Me)
              
The coldest st

 
ory ever told
            
Somewhere far 

along this roa

d
             
He lost his so

              
ul to a woman 

          
so heartless
             
How could you 

              
be so heartles


s?

Oh, how could 

you be so hear

tless?


[Bridge]
 
Talk and talk 

and talk and t

alk

Baby, let's just knock it off

They don't know what we been through
             
They don't kno

        
w 'bout me and

 you
  
So I got somet

hin' new to se

e

And you just gon' keep hatin' me
              
And we just go

            
n' be enemies
           
I know you can

't believe

I could just leave it wrong

And you can't make it right
              
I'm gon' take 

             
off tonight in

          
to the night


[Chorus]

I hear 'em talk
             
The coldest st

ory ever told
           
Somewhere far 

along this roa

d
             
He lost his so

              
ul to a woman 

           
so heartless
             
How could you 

              
be so heartles

 
s? (How, how?)
 
Oh, how could 

you be so hear

tless?


[Outro](repeat To fade)

On and on and 

on and on
              
And on and, an

              
d on and on an

      
d on