Standard (EADGBE)

 I’d arrest you if I had handcuffs

 I’d arrest you if I had the time

 I’d throw you down in the backseat

 As if you'd committed a terrible crime

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 I'd break in a town's worth of houses

 And rob whole families blind

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

 If you knew you would get away fine

 I’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

 And let a piece of myself die

It’s hard to be the better man

 When you forget you’re trying

 It’s hard to be the better man

 I’d arrest you if I had handcuffs

 I’d arrest you if I had the time

 I’d wait for you outside the courtroom

 And taunt you when all your appeals were declined

 I’d drive my car off of a bridge

 If I knew that you weren’t inside

 With the pedal to the floor, who could ask for a more

 Fantastic way to kill some time

You could lay on your back and be beaten

 You could put up your fists and fight

You could try and be way off

It’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

It’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