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

Made a beeline straight for the Cali coast

Traded small town life on a dusty road

For the 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

Knowing I ain't perfect, nowhere 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