You might think I'm crazy but I'm serious   It's better you know now   What I thought was happiness   Was only part-time bliss   You can take a bow      It was all just one big night out on the town   Riding in your limousine   We turned right, then I said wrong   Which brings us to a stop   As the light is changing      Oh, my meter's running   So I've got to go now      It's the pleasure principle, oh   It's the principle of pleasure, oh   It's the pleasure principle, oh      It's true you want to build your life on guarantees   Hey, take a ride in a big yellow taxi   I'm not here to feed your insecurities   I wanted you to love me      This has become an all too familiar scene   It's not the first time I've paid the fare   Where'd you get the idea of material possession?   Thank you for the ride nowhere      And oh, my meter's running   So I've really got to go      It's the pleasure principle, oh   It's the principle of pleasure, oh   It's the pleasure principle, oh      I know what you mean to me   Baby this is nowhere   You know what became between you and me   Human differential      It's the principle of pleasure, oh   It's the pleasure principle, principle, oh      You might say that I'm no good for you   I wouldn't trust your looks, baby if I could   I got too many things I wanna do   Before I'm through, hey      It's the pleasure principle   It's the pleasure principle   It's the pleasure principle      Baby you can hold me down   Baby you can hold me down   After all the love that we've been through   After all you put me through, yeah   Love me, hey, love me      It's the pleasure principle   Yeah yeah, yeah yeah