i m going to dress up tonight and i ll look real pretty for i don t know who i ll find my own way around this great big city and i m gonna sit at a bar and i ll have a drink i ll leave you to revel in your youthful yearnings i know you like to visit them from time to time and like a thief i steal the words you write to her i take them to my heart and i wish them to be mine but this is nothing new but it ain t nothing well this is nothing new but it ain t nothing you long for sweetness does mine make you sickly or maybe i no longer have the sweetness you require there s nothing sweet about a heart so embittered it s ugly and it s cold and tonight it s out for hire but it ain t nothing new but this ain t nothing well this is nothing new but it ain t nothing we live through this day after day and complacency s a curse but you just can t escape it and i ve arrived at that place where my tolerance gave way and i struggle to hold my head up high but it ain t nothing new well this is nothing new but it ain t nothing