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This song is performed by Nick Lowe and appears on the album Labour Of Lust (1979).
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This song also appears…

on the compilation Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits Of The '80s, Vol. 1 (1994)
on the soundtrack 200 Cigarettes: Music From The Motion Picture (1999)
on the compilation Greatest Hits Of The 70's (2001)
on the live album Untouched Takeaway (2004)
on the compilation Pottery Barn: Raised On The Radio (2005)
on the compilation Power Pop Anthems (2005)
on the soundtrack The Ant Bully (2006)
on the 2008 reissue of the album Jesus Of Cool (1978)
on the album Quiet Please: The New Best Of Nick Lowe (2009)

This song has been covered by…
Kay Hanley under the title "Cruel To Be Kind" Lazlo Bane under the title "Cruel To Be Kind" Letters To Cleo under the title "Cruel To Be Kind"

Cruel To Be Kind

was a Billboard Hit!

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Cruel to Be Kind

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Oh, I can't take another heartache
Though you say you're my friend
I'm at my wits' end
You say your love is bonafide
But that don't coincide
With the things that you do
And when I ask you to be nice, you say

You've gotta be cruel to be kind in the right measure
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
Cruel to be kind means that I love you, baby
(You've gotta be cruel)
You've gotta be cruel to be kind

Well, I do my best to understand, dear
But you still mystify
And I want to know why
I pick myself up off the ground
To have you knock me back down
Again and again
And when I ask you to explain, you say

You've gotta be cruel to be kind in the right measure
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
Cruel to be kind means that I love you, baby
(You've gotta be cruel)
You've gotta be cruel to be kind

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Well, I do my best to understand, dear
But you still mystify
And I want to know why
I pick myself up off the ground
To have you knock me back down
Again and again
And when I ask you to explain, you say

You've gotta be cruel to be kind in the right measure
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
Cruel to be kind means that I love you, baby
(You've gotta be cruel)
You've gotta be cruel to be kind

(Cruel to be kind) Oh, in the right measure
(Cruel to be kind) Yeah, it's a very, very, very good sign
(Cruel to be kind) It means that I love you, baby
(You've gotta be cruel)
You've gotta be cruel to be kind

(Cruel to be kind) Oh, in the right measure
(Cruel to be kind) Yes, it's a very, very, very good sign
(Cruel to be kind) It means that I love you, baby
(You've gotta be cruel)
You've gotta be cruel to be kind

(Cruel to be kind) Oh, in the right measure
(Cruel to be kind) Yes, it's a very, very, very good sign

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