[Intro]

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Couldn't be, couldn't be, couldn't be

[Verse 1]

I heard that men, men never choose

The one that they really love is the one that they lose

She ends up being the one they daydream about

In a suburban house with a woman he settled for

She was better for him, I guess

God bless, but it couldn't be me, yeah

[Chorus]

She's got her face beat, and she's always home

And she put to sleep every dream of her own (Yeah)

And she lets you go cheat, long as you come home

From searching the streets for someone like the one you let go

[Post-Chorus]

Couldn't be me, baby (Couldn't be, couldn't be, couldn't be)

Like the one you let go

Couldn't be me, baby (Couldn't be, couldn't be, couldn't be)

[Verse 2]

I heard that girls, girls never learn

Change everything 'bout myself, hopin' I'd get a turn (Yeah)

Just to be the one he daydream about

In a two-bedroom house with a wife he don't even love

She was easier, I guess

God bless, but it couldn't be me, yo (Couldn't be me)

[Chorus]

She's got her face beat, and she's always home

And she put to sleep every dream of her own (Yeah)

And she lets you go cheat, long as you come home

From searching the streets for someone like the one you let go

[Post-Chorus]

Couldn't be me, baby (Couldn't be, couldn't be, couldn't be)

The one you let go

Couldn't be me, baby (Couldn't be me)

[Outro: Sam Smith & Jessie Reyez]