You gotta have coffee in the morning
And red wine after work
You gotta have thirty extra minutes
And too much in your purse
You always gotta have the fan on when you sleep
A good time girl's night once a week
Yeah, I get all that
Oh, but what I can't get past
Is you don't have to love me

You don't have to care
You don't have to give a damn
About this mess of a man that's standing here
Knowing I ain't perfect and nowhere good as you
You don't have to see the good in me and see this through
You don't have to love me, you don't have to love me
But you do

You gotta have thought about it, baby
You can't tell me that you ain't
You could have anyone, be anywhere
You could've hopped on any plane (hopped on any plane)
Made a beeline straight for the Cali coast
Traded small town life on a dusty road
For the city life (city life)
Well, sometimes I wonder why
'Cause you don't have to love me

You don't have to care
You don't have to give a damn
About this mess of a man that's standing here
Knowing I ain't perfect and nowhere good as you
You don't have to see the good in me and see this through
You don't have to love me, you don't have to love me
But you do

You don't have to love me like you love me, girl, it's true
But I'm so glad you do
'Cause you don't have to love me

You don't have to care
You don't have to give a damn
About this mess of a man that's standing here
I know that I ain't perfect, nowhere as good as you (as good as you)
You don't have to see the good in me and see this through
You don't have to love me, you don't have to love me
But you do
Aw baby, you do