[Verse 1]

When a good thing goes bad, it's not the end of the world

It's just the end of a world that you had with one girl

And she's the reason it happened, but she's overreacting

And it's all because she don't want things to change

[Chorus]

So cry if you need to, but I can't stay to watch you

That's the wrong thing to do

Touch if you need to, but I can't stay to hold you

That's the wrong thing to do

Talk if you need to, but I can't stay to hear you

That's the wrong thing to do

'Cause you'll say you love me, and I'll end up lying

And say, "I love you too"

[Refrain]

But I need someone different

You know it, oh, you know it

Oh, you know it, we both know it

I need someone different

You know it, oh, you know it

Oh, you know it, we both know it

Something's been missing

You know it, oh, she knows it

Oh, I know it, we all know it

I need someone different

Oh, oh

[Verse 2]

We live in a generation of not being in love and not being together

But we sure make it feel like we're together

'Cause we're scared to see each other with somebody else

[Chorus]

So cry if you need to, but I can't stay to watch you

That's the wrong thing to do

Touch if you need to, but I can't stay to hold you

That's the wrong thing to do

Talk if you need to, but I can't stay to hear you

That's the wrong thing to do

'Cause you'll say you love me, and I'll end up lying

And say, "I love you too"

[Refrain]

But I need someone different

You know it, oh, you know it

Oh, you know it, we both know it

I need someone different

You know it, oh, you know it

Oh, you know it, we both know it

Something's been missing

You know it, oh, she knows it

Oh, I know it, we all know it

I need someone different

Oh, oh

[Outro: Stevie Wonder on Harmonica]