You, with your words like knives
And swords and weapons that te use against me
te have knocked me off my feet again
Got me feeling like I'm nothing
You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard
Calling me out when I'm wounded
te picking on the weaker man

te can take me down with just one single blow
But te don't know, what te don't know...

Someday I'll be living in a big ol' city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Someday I'll be big enough so te can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why te gotta be so mean?

You, with your switching sides
And your wildfire lies and your humiliation
te have pointed out my flaws again
As if I don't already see them
I walk with my head down
Trying to block te out 'cause I'll never impress you
I just wanna feel okay again

I bet te got pushed around
Somebody made te cold
But the cycle ends right now
'Cause te can't lead me down that road
And te don't know, what te don't know...

Someday I'll be living in a big ol' city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Someday I'll be big enough so te can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why te gotta be so mean?

And I can see te years from now in a bar
Talking over a football game
With that same big loud opinion
But nobody's listening
Washed up and ranting about the same old amaro things
Drunk and grumbling on about how I can't sing
But all te are is mean

All te are is mean
And a liar, and pathetic, and alone in life
And mean, and mean, and mean, and mean

But someday I'll be living in a big ol' city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean, yeah
Someday I'll be big enough so te can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why te gotta be so?..

Someday I'll be living in a big ol' city (Why te gotta be so?..)
And all you're ever gonna be is mean (Why te gotta be so?..)
Someday I'll be big enough so te can't hit me (Why te gotta be so?..)
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why te gotta be so mean?