Mauvais garçon

Bad boy puts me down
Tells me I ain't pretty like this
That I'm worthless
That he's never happy with me
Bad boy says he loves me
But he wants to change everything about me
Even how I act
How I go out and laugh out loud
Bad boy keeps repeating
It's all my fault if I listen to him
He doesn't want me going out
Talking, dancing with others
Bad boy belittles me
Calls me all kinds of names
But the birds, they are free
And his love is a prison

But I stay
Tell me why I stay
With bad boy
(But they say he loves me)
I gotta stop
They tell me I gotta stop
Seeing bad boy
(But they say he loves me)

Bad boy pulls the strings
I'm the puppet
One day he's sweet
The next day he's worse than a (ugh)
Bad boy plays tough
And I'm learning the rules of love
And I know nothing
And the more he makes me walk, the more I run

But I stay
Tell me why I stay
With bad boy
(But they say he loves me)
I gotta stop
They tell me I gotta stop
Seeing bad boy
(But they say he loves me)

I found again
The love for myself
That was waiting
Far from his arms
Now I know
That never again
Bad boy
Will dim my light

But I stay (but I stay)
Tell me why I stay (tell me why I stay)
With bad boy
(But they say he loves me)
I gotta stop (I gotta stop)
They tell me I gotta stop (yeah, I gotta stop)
Seeing bad boy
(But they say he loves me)

But I stay
Why do I stay?
Tell me why I stay
With bad boy
Doesn't mean I love him.