Understanding is the best thing in the world But payback hurts I didn't get an understanding woman So how could it work And that was mistake number one You didn't want, you didn't want to hold me You just want to shake me, shake me Shake me, 'til there's nothin' in my pants Thought I was your money tree, ooh... In my life, I made a lot of mistakes To count them would be a ton But when I fell in love, in love with you That was mistake number one, yeah Mistake number one Mistake number one Mistake number one Mistake number one Worked two jobs while you sat at home Still, it wasn't clean It takes a fool to love somebody Who treats 'em so mean But when I fell in love, in love with you That was mistake number one, yeah Understanding is the best thing in the world But payback hurts I didn't get an understanding woman So how could it work In my life, I made a lot of mistakes To count them would be a ton But when I fell in love, in love with you That was mistake number one It was mistake number one Mistake number one, yeah Mistake number one Mistake number one It was mistake number one Mistake number one Mistake number one It was mistake number one Mistake number one Mistake number one It was mistake number one