Who knows if it'll work this time
  yeah but you said you were willing
  to give it a try
  and who knows if I will just stay in the back
  can't you see that I'm holding on here to a heart attack
  
  yeah but when my breath goes and my knees ache
  you can be sure that there's rain comin' and I
  like it that way
  
  I like it that way
  I like it that way
  
  yeah but I'm a storyteller
  but I'm the worst kind
  cause I'm the kind that makes you believe in love
  
  yeah I'm the kind that sits back patiently
  just waiting for the kill
  you know that I'm the girl in the corner
  and I'm holding your eyes still.
  
  but I like it that way
  I like it that way
  I like it that way, yeah
  yeah, I like it that way
  
  hey, but it's my cross to bear
  and my cross to carry
  so I'm gonna leave it there
  baby, at the bottom of the stairs,
  and I'm gonna get it later
  when it's more convenient and when I'm a little
  less conceited
  and I have got time to spare
  oh, when I have got time to spare
  
  but I like it that way, yeah
  I like it that way, yeah
  
  who knows if it'll work this time
  yeah but you said that you were willin
  to give me a try
  
  and I like it that way
  yeah, I like it that way