Handcuffs

I'd arrest you if I had handcuffs

I'd arrest you if I had the time

I'd throw you down in the back seat

As if you'd committed a terrible crimeI'd break in a town's worth of houses

And rob whole families blind

I'd do it to you like you do it to me

If you knew you would get away fineI'd drown all these crying babies

If I knew that their mothers wouldn't cry

I'd hold them down and I'd squeeze real soft

To let a piece of myself dieIt's hard to be the better man

When you forget you're trying

It's hard to be the better manI'd arrest you if I had handcuffs

I'd arrest you if I had time

I'd wait for you outside the courtroom

Taunting when all your appeals were declinedI'd drive my car off of a bridge

If I knew that you weren't inside

With a pedal to the floor who could ask for more

A fantastic way to kill some timeAnd you could lay on your back and be beaten

You could put up your fists and fight

You could try and be way up

Way up, way up, way up

Way up, way up, way upIt's hard be the better man

When you forget you're trying

It's hard to be the better man

When you're still lyingIt's hard to be the better man

When you forget you're trying

It's hard to be the better man

When you're still lying, you're still lying