You, with your words like knives
And swords and weapons that Du use against me
Du 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
Du picking on the weaker man

Du can take me down with just one single blow
But Du don't know, what Du 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 Du can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why Du gotta be so mean?

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

I bet Du got pushed around
Somebody made Du cold
But the cycle ends right now
'Cause Du can't lead me down that road
And Du don't know, what Du 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 Du can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why Du gotta be so mean?

And I can see Du 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 bitter things
Drunk and grumbling on about how I can't sing
But all Du are is mean

All Du 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 Du can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why Du gotta be so?..

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