[Verse]
I've watched you smirk behind those Cool Rays
In your daddy’s hardware store
While my best friends rocked around
And pitched their best balls trying to score
I've seen grown men turn to sniveling little infants
Trying to get to first base with you
[Chorus]
But Elizabeth
You play so hard to get
Elizabeth, I breathe your name
And watch the boys start to sweat
Elizabeth (oh, Elizabeth)
Don't you think it’s time you've told them?
[Verse 2]
Well, you're built like Aphrodite
Physically it's hard to tell
So unless they really know you
And I mean, really know you well
They'd never guess you've got this friend in town called Carol
She's so much more than just a friend
[Chorus]
But Elizabeth
You play so hard to get
Elizabeth, I breathe your name
And watch the boys start to sweat
Elizabeth (oh, Elizabeth)
[Bridge]
Lizzy, really, it's cruel and it’s selfish
Just to tease them on
It’s not your fault, they're just short changed
Small town hodads
You’re so far gone, oh no
But I'm keeping it cool now
[Verse 3]
'Cause I said it's not that they’re all stupid
Or they're slow at catching hints
It's just your subtle deviation's
Like a capital offense
In a town that still thinks cool is something dirty
And that sex is just a temperature
[Chorus]
'Cause Elizabeth
You play so hard to get
Elizabeth, I breathe your name
And watch the girls break a sweat
Elizabeth (oh, Elizabeth)
Don't you think it's time you've told them?
Don't you think it's time you've told them?
Don't you think it's time you've told them all?