I will hurt for her respect
Withdrawal is the best policy
And then may your laughter turn to tears
Arranged by my neutrality

It's not the way of the world
I know nobody does it any more
It's not the hippest of lifestyles, no
Everybody gonna think I'm strange

Laissez-faire, I keep her to myself
Laissez-faire, and give my heart to no one else
Laissez-faire, it's hands off, 'cause I...I love her

Another ship leaves a foreign shore
She's a stranger now, it pains me now
I can't believe her any more
It's best I leave, it's home I breathe

I bare too much the weight of the world
I know everybody gotta love their own
I swear nobody gonna take advantage
We learn everyone gonna reap what they sow

It's hands off 'cause I love her (Laissez, laissez-faire)