There oughta be a law against breaking peoples' hearts There oughta be a law against tearin' them apart There oughta be a law against makin' people cry There ought be some kind of law and I will tell you why
Take my heart and run away Leave me longin' all the day I do the work, you do the play And that's just not the way
There oughta be a law against cruelty to love Then you would have to change your ways, Or you'd get thirty days
Mickey Yes, Sylvia I want to introduce a new law Oh really? Uh huh Just what kind of new law? Well, I think
There oughta be a law against driving me insane There oughta be a law against loving you in vain Then I'd be guilty, and you'd be too They'd lock us up together, just us two There oughta be a law to say that I must be with you