Oh Vanessa, I learned my lessons   And I quit that messing around   So won't you come back to me?   I'll be good to you sweetheart, I'm begging for a new start   Vanessa, it ain't necessary for you to keep on hurting me?      Now I know I've been wrong but you ain't been right   Treat me like another man, never had a thing   I come by your house and you turn off the light   I call you on the phone and it just rings, rings, rings      Vanessa, I learned my lessons   I quit all that messing around   So won't you come back to me?   I'll stay home with you sweetheart, I'm begging for a new start   Vanessa, it ain't necessary for you to keep on hurting me?      Tell me baby, sort of maybe   You've been turning and coming back   Don't you be so foolish   Don't you treat me foolish like that   I hate that, Vanessa      I spoke to your mom and I talk to your dad   They just sympathized with all other guys   My friends say they see ya and ya not doing bad   That makes me wanna go home and cry, cry, cry      Oh Vanessa, I learned my lessons   I quit that messing around   So won't you come back to me   I'll be good to you sweetheart, I'm asking for a new start   Vanessa, it ain't necessary for you to keep on hurting me?      And no Vanessa, no Vanessa, got no Vanessa   No Vanessa, no Vanessa, Vanessa, Vanessa   Vanessa, Vanessa   Oh no, Vanessa, Vanessa, Vanessa, Vanessa, Vanessa   Oh, Vanessa, Vanessa, Vanessa, Vanessa, Vanessa   Oh, Vanessa, oh Vanessa, oh Vanessa, oh Vanessa   Got no Vanessa, no Vanessa, no Vanessa