Why did you let him get away?
After the staring, what did you see?
Treatin' me bold and cold as ice
Screamed in my face then pulled your knife
She should have spied down his skin
Now it's my job to get revenge

Why did you let him get away?
Why did you let him get her?

Too bad, forget it
'Cause it's Al Capone who's in it
So sad, regret it
'Cause a madman's out tonight

You should have told her
Nobody ever showed her about us
No one's sleeping
Nobody should be grievin' this way

You should have told her
Nobody ever showed her about us
No one's sleeping
Nobody should be grievin' this way

Why did you let him get away?
After the staring, what did you see?
Treatin' me bold and cold as ice
Screamed in my face then pulled your knife
She should have spied down his skin
Now it's my job to get revenge

Why did you let him get away?
Why did you let him get her?

Too bad, forget it
'Cause it's Al Capone who's in it
So sad, regret it
And I told her, "Out tonight"

You should have told her
Nobody ever showed her about us
No one's sleeping
Nobody should be grievin' this way

You should have told her
Nobody ever showed her about us
No one's sleeping
Nobody should be grievin' this way

Ooh

Ooh

Too bad, forget it
'Cause it's Al Capone who's in it
So sad, regret it
'Cause a man is out tonight

You should have told her
Nobody ever showed her about us
No one's sleeping
Nobody should be grievin' this way

You should have told her
Nobody ever showed her about us
No one's sleeping
Nobody should be grievin' this way

You should have told her (should have told her)
Nobody ever showed her about us (oh, my darlin')
No one's sleeping (no one's lovin')
Nobody should be grievin' this way (oh-oh)

You should have told her (should have told her)
Nobody ever showed her about us (oh, my darlin')
No one's sleeping (no one's lovin')
Nobody should be grievin' this way (ooh)

Why did you let him get away?
After the staring, what did you see?
Treatin' me bold and cold as ice
Screamed in my face then pulled your knife
She should have spied down his skin
Now it's my job to get revenge

Why would you let him get away?
Why did you let him get away? (Woo)

(Hee-hee-hee-hee) (woo)


Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher, edited by mme00999

Al Capone Lyrics as written by Michael Jackson

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    What's done is done and you can hold a grudge but you can't get revenge. At least thats how i think of it, It might mean something else though.

    mme00999on March 15, 2014   Link

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