[Verse 1]
I tried to tell you but you wouldn't believe
The day you left me your poor aunt would grieve
And now the time has come to say goodbye
I feel so good I just could rock
You tried to be slick, yes you did
And got put in a trick

[Verse 2]
Yeah, it's nothin' new but it's somethin' old
I know your story and it's got too be told
You were so smart you just wouldn't learn
You played with fire and got your fingers burned
You tried to be slick, yes you did
And got put in a trick

[Chorus]
But that's the way that it goes
That's the way that the ball bounces
That's the way that the cookie crumble
And everybody knows that's the way that it goes

[Verse 3]
I gave you everything you ever dreamed off
But all you gave up was a part time love
You told your friends all over town
I was somethin' good just too have around
You tried to be slick, yes you did
And got put in a trick

[Chorus]
But that's the way that it goes, baby
That's the way that the ball bounces
That's the way that the cookie crumble
And everybody knows that's the way that it goes

[Outro]
Ah you gotta get yourself together baby
That's the way everything happens now-a-days
Let me tell you one thing right from the heart
When you [?] it falls right back in your face
And when it does all you gotta say and everybody knows that the way the story goes