[Intro]
        


[Verse 1]

 Make sure nob

ody sees you l

eave
            
 Hood over you

              
r head, keep y

         
our eyes down
              
Tell your frie

              
nds you're out

          
 for a run
          
You’ll be flus

hed when you r

eturn

 Take the road

 less traveled

 by
            
 Tell yourself

              
 you can alway

  
s stop
              
What started i

              
n beautiful ro

     
oms
          
Ends with meet

ings in parkin

g lots


[Chorus]
            
 And that's th

              
e thing about 

 
illicit affair

s
    
And clandestin

e meetings and

 longing stare

s
            
It's born from

          
 just one sing

le glance
       
But it dies an

d it dies and 

it dies
   
A million litt

le times


[Verse 2]

 Leave the per

fume on the sh

elf
            
 That you pick

              
ed out just fo

  
r him
              
So you leave n

                
o trace behind
         
Like you don’t

 even exist

 Take the word

s for what the

y are
            
 A dwindling, 

          
mercurial high
              
A drug that on

          
ly worked
    
The first few 

hundred times


[Chorus]
            
 And that's th

              
e thing about 

 
illicit affair

s
    
And clandestin

e meetings and

 stolen stares
            
They show thei

            
r truth one si

ngle time
         
But they lie a

nd they lie an

d they lie
   
A million litt

le times


[Verse 3]

And you wanna scream

 Don't call me

 "kid," don't 

call me "baby"

 Look at this 

godforsaken me

ss that you ma

de me
            
You showed me 

              
colors you kno

              
w I can't see 

     
with anyone el

se

 Don't call me

 "kid," don't 

call me "baby"

 Look at this 

idiotic fool t

hat you made m

e
            
You taught me 

              
a secret langu

              
age I can't sp

         
eak with anyon

e else
           
And you know d

   
amn well
              
For you, I wou

         
ld ruin myself
   
A million litt

le times