[intro] Bb Gm Eb F [verse 1] Bb Gm Make sure nobody sees you leave Eb Hood over your head, keep your eyes down Dm Tell your friends you're out for a run F You’ll be flushed when you return Bb Gm Take the road less traveled by Eb Tell yourself you can always stop Dm What started in beautiful rooms F Ends with meetings in parking lots [chorus] Dm Eb And that's the thing about illicit affairs Fsus4 F And clandestine meetings and longing stares Dm Eb It's born from just one single glance Fsus4 F But it dies and it dies and it dies Bb a million little times [verse 2] Bb Gm Leave the perfume on the shelf Eb That you picked out just for him Dm So you leave no trace behind F Like you don’t even exist Bb Gm Take the words for what they are Eb a dwindling, mercurial high Dm a drug that only worked F The first few hundred times [chorus] Dm Eb And that's the thing about illicit affairs Fsus4 F And clandestine meetings and stolen stares Dm Eb They show their truth one single time Fsus4 F But they lie and they lie and they lie Bb a million little times [bridge] Bb And you wanna scream Bb Don't call me "kid," don't call me "baby" Gm Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me Eb Dm F You showed me colors you know I can't see with anyone else Bb Don't call me "kid," don't call me "baby" Gm Look at this idiotic fool that you made me Eb Dm F You taught me a secret language I can't speak with anyone else [outro] Gm F Eb And you know damn well F For you, I would ruin myself Bb a million little times