next time, I'm loving myself first
after all this, after the worst
even if it's down to my last nerve
'cuz I know what I deserve

next time, there'll be no surprises
keepin' it real with no promises
I won't melt merely by touch
and words are just such and such

next time, it's my heart I'm gonna rule
'cuz I cannot be anybody else's fool
this time nobody won, nobody won
but next time, I'm gonna be the one

next time, I won't have as much to lose
and when I do, I'll be the one to choose
I'll still be me, and nobody but me
and I hope that's all you're gonna see

next time, I won't look back
till the end, when it all turns black
I'm not sorry that it's turned out this way
'cuz he in my mirror, is he who's gonna pay

next time, it's my heart I'm gonna rule
'cuz I cannot be anybody else's fool
this time nobody won, nobody won
but next time, I'm gonna be the one