You can't bystand all the people

Stand them on their own

They will fall to pieces

So we watch them grow

Into strange and pretty faces

I don't know

Clutching to my lipstick traces

Watch them go

Chorus:

Make mistake number three

Make mistake number three

Make mistake number three

It's strange how much it changes

How they want to know

How cynical are people

That's where children go

Dragged into a conversation

They can't hold

It's so sad

But it prepares them for the mould

(chorus)

Why is my love like an ocean run dry?

Why is my love

Such a struggle with life?

You can't bystand all the people

Stand them on their own

They will fall into pieces

So we watch them grow

(chorus)

Make mistake number three