Doesn't Have to Be That Way

It doesn't have to be that way
It doesn't have to be that way

Girl, you're chasing rainbows
But you cry when it's not there
It doesn't have to be that way

I am a topstar
I feel a race car
I feel the rain on my flesh

The holes are darkened
The darks are blackened
But they ain't get to me yet

You give up when the game begins
Looking like something that the cat dragged in
I shout but you can't hear me

It doesn't have to be that way
It doesn't have to be that way

Girl, you're chasing rainbows
But you cry when it's not there
It doesn't have to be that way

You wake up and
Your heart is broken
It's all broken again

You feel rotten
The trail is smoking
But there's a hole in the fence

I don't know how you stand the pain
Hoping on things that will never change, and shout
But you don't hear me

It doesn't have to be that way
It doesn't have to be that way

Girl, you're chasing rainbows
But you cry when it's not there
It doesn't have to be that way

It doesn't have to be that way
It doesn't have to be that way

Girl, you're chasing rainbows
But you cry when it's not there
It doesn't have to be that way