Released: August 27, 2021

Songwriter: Joe Rubel Ed Sheeran Maisie Peters

Producer: AFTERHRS Joe Rubel

[Intro]
Ooh!

[Verse 1]
I heard you had a lot of therapy
When you were seventeen
For your anger issues
If I had a pound for every hole
I saw punched in a wall
I'd be a rich girl
In love is something that you'll never be
It got progressively harder to miss you
And you should take this personally
Hmm

[Pre-Chorus]
You're a serial cheater
"You up?" text repeater
When I told you you were funny I lied
You're a 'love 'em and leave 'em with a tеrrible reason
Shh, now is not the timе to reply

[Chorus]
Boy, you think I'm dumb, tryna pull one on me like I've never been kissed
You had a couple of exes and I know that they let you get away with it
But you're a...
Boy (Hmm-hmm-hmm)
And I can tell that you've never been hugged, boy (Hmm-hmm-hmm)
And I can do better than this
Oh, better than this

[Post-Chorus]
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
I can do better than
I can do better than this (Hey)
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
I can do better than
I can do better than this

[Verse 2]
You said I'd meet your friends eventually
When you're ready to be
A little more exclusive
If I was the last girl on earth
You'd still be weighing up your options
Mmm
You said you got a lot of enemies
And you claim your dreams are always lucid
But you're just high and can't tell the difference

[Pre-Chorus]
She tries to get closer
So you go and ghost her
Like it's perpetual Halloween
You're obsessed with your father
Red flag and a half, yeah
Babe, we could unpack it for weeks

[Chorus]
Boy, you think I'm dumb, tryna pull one on me like I've never been kissed
You had a couple of exes and I know that they let you get away with it
But you're a...
Boy (Hmm-hmm-hmm)
And I can tell that you've never been hugged, boy (Hmm-hmm-hmm)
And I can do better than this
Oh, better than this

[Post-Chorus]
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
I can do better than
I can do better than this
La la la la la la la la la la la la la

[Bridge]
You're kinda sociopathic
I nearly buried the hatchet
Then I remembered how you messed with my head
I could be a grown-up
But, baby, you know what?
Maybe I'll release this song instead

[Chorus]
Boy, you think I'm dumb
Tryna pull one on me like I've never been kissed
You had a couple of exes and I know that they let you get away with it
But you're a...
Boy (Hmm-hmm-hmm)
And I can tell that you've never been hugged, boy (Boy)
And I can do better than this
Oh, better than this

[Post-Chorus]
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
I can do better than
I can do better than this
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
I can do better than
I can do better than this

[Outro]
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
Better than who?
Better than you
Better than this
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
Better than who?
Better than you
Better than this
Boy

Maisie Peters

Maisie Peters is an English singer-songwriter from West Sussex, with a passion for storytelling through her songwriting.

Mentored from young by her mother, it was evident that songwriting was her passion, entering The Guardian’s Short Story competition at the age of 9. Aided by a voracious appetite for a story, Maisie has a mature, yet innocent, point of view from which her songs are crafted – with an overarching theme exploring the changing world as her generation grows.

In 2015, she started uploading her original songs onto her YouTube channel, with her songs gathering hundreds of thousands of views.