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You were an innocent child before I laid my hands on you
And all that pain that you held inside
Was just waiting to bloom in a darkened room
And you just flew right into the light and came alive
My little butterfly
Well, you'd never known love and you'd never known pain
But you found out that they were just like wine and champagne
You could drink a little more, then you hurt a little less
And you'd get that butterfly feeling underneath your dress
And your promises would turn into lies
then you'd fly
My little butterfly
Now I'm lying here, babe, on your side of the bed
And I've got unclean thoughts flying through my head
And I'm thinking about love, yes I'm thinking about pain
And I'm thinking about some way that I might feel good again
Yes, I'm thinking about my little butterfly
Sometimes I get to thinking
I'm a hurting kind of guy
Why'd that woman leave me for a lesser kind?
If you don't know now, then you never will
Is what she said
She said I didn't listen
Well I know that that's untrue
She said I didn't understand her
Well I guess that you do
Well I guess you do
Summer came around
Her old blanket on the floor
I woke to the slamming of the door
Then the rain came
And I just let it pour
All over me
Sometimes I get to thinking
down by my own undertakings
Now I'm down by the water, black water
And I'm looking in
She said I wouldn't miss her
Well you know that that's unfair
She said I wasn't there for her
Well I never would have been there, no sir
If not for her
Summer comes around
And I miss that woman more
I guess I'll get me somewhere by the fall
When the rain comes
Well I'll just let it pour
All over me
Sometimes I get to thinking
I'm a hurting kind of guy
Why'd that woman leave me for a lesser kind
If you don't know now, then you never will
Is what she said
Summer comes around
And I miss that woman more
I guess I'll get me somewhere by the fall
When the rain comes
Well I'll just let it pour
All over me
She said don't worry baby
I'll do my own crying
I'm a big girl now
And I'm going to be okay
Guess I'll find a new way of living
You know I will
And you lie there without sleeping
And you stare at your wall
And you realize you're not weeping
You don't need her anymore
You say don't hate me baby
It won't hurt you if you do
You've got no reason not to
She kiss you on the head
Says there's no easy road for leaving
If it hurts you to
And you lie there without sleeping
And you stare at your wall
And you realize you're not weeping
You don't need her anymore
You walk by the old place
Looks like just any other place
That's what you say
You say I'll be okay
Yes, I'll find a new way of living
Sure I will
And you lie there without sleeping
And you stare at your wall
And you realize you're not weeping
Because you don't need her anymore
And you lie there without sleeping
And you stare at your wall
And you realize you're not weeping
Because you don't need her anymore
You guess that it's over
You walk in my house with her lipstick over your face
You tell me you got news for me
Well, do you think I can't see straight?
Do you think I can't recognize her perfume on your clothes
You tell me you got news for me
Well I don't need to be told
Let me guess, she's looking for a little peace of mind
I don't want to cause any more pain but could I please have what's mine?
She's got such a pretty please I never could say no
Well, just take a half of everything and then please go
Now I know right now you're thinking I'm some crazy kind of fool
But the truth of the matter is I'm just like you
She's some kind of voodoo woman
She said she can't use me anymore
That's what she said to me she said
I can't use you anymore
I don't need her loving, I don't need her kissing
I don't need for you to tell me all that I've been missing
I don't need her loving, I don't need her kissing
I don't need for you to tear me down and tear me down again
Every time you give a little more
She could still use a little more
Every time you give a little more
She could still use a little more
And when you can't give a little more
She could still use a little more
She could still use a little more
She could still use a little more
Tell her that she done me
That she done me good
Tell her that she done me
Like a lady should
And if I ever see her
And I hope I never do
I might have to show her
Just what a love can do
The sun ain't going to shine
And the rain is gonna fall
Because I put a spell on you
And all the years I cried
All the years that I tried
To save a stillborn love
I know what you're thinking
Pretty soon I'll howl at the moon
But you better believe me
Because I was just like you
Mister, read the writing on the wall
Get out while you're still whole
While you're still breathing
I don't need her loving, I don't need her kissing
I don't need for you to tell me all that I've been missing
I don't need her loving, I don't need her kissing
I don't need her to tear me down again
Now that the low life has no meaning
Because you've been there, now you're gone
But your heart won't keep from cheating
And stringing you along
Stranger to me, well what's the lowdown
Are you man enough to pray?
For a better way of living
I believe I've lost my way
Oh Mae, could you please hold me
I believe I might fall
I believe that I might fall
Could there be a better way of living
Better than the easy way?
Could the wretched be forgiven
Are you man enough to pray?
I wore my heart upon my sleeve
To court the wretched and the free
But if by chance I'd lost my way
Would you help me find it, babe?
Oh Mae, could you please hold me
I believe I might fall
I believe that I might fall
I wore my heart upon my sleeve
To court the wretched and the free
But if by chance I'd lost my way
Am I man enough to pray?
If I told you that I'd never really cared
And if I told you that I'd never cried you'd know that I lied
You'd know lied
And if I told you that I'd found somebody new
It wouldn't make it any easier and what he doesn't know
Won't hurt at all
You know just as well as I that he's a better man than I
and I know you know
Guess I never got around to telling you
I guess that if I told you now then I'd have nothing to lose
Well, I think of you
Because if I told you that I'd found another girl
It wouldn't make it any easier and what he doesn't know
Won't hurt at all
You know just as well as I
That he's a better man than I could ever be
I've got a little piece of paper with your name written on it
I've got a head full of attitude and nowhere to put it
Tell me, why don't you come down to Ruemorgue Avenue
Why don't you come down
Soil your pretty feet on the dirty ground of Ruemorgue Avenue
Well there's a chapel on the corner where I'm doing my crying
There's a limit to my patience, what do you say, Fay, let's get married
down on Ruemorgue Avenue
They say the world keeps on turning, and everything remains the same
Well my heart's burning and I say everything must change
Why don't you come down to Ruemorgue Avenue
Why don't you come down
Soil your pretty feet on the dirty ground of Ruemorgue Avenue
Rita Mae, tell your sister she's unkind
Tell your sister, well, I don't mind
Tell your sister, she's got mine
I got a four letter word, starts with the letter L
Can't bring myself to say it because it's making my life hell
Why don't you come down to rue morgue avenue
Because I've been drinking all night and all day
Just trying to picture your sweet face
Down on Ruemorgue Avenue
Rita Mae, tell your sister she's unkind
Tell your sister, well, I don't mind
Tell your sister, she knows where, where I lie
Down on Ruemorgue Avenue
If every lover that you'd ever known
Could turn around would you take one?
Or would you really rather be alone
And fool around if and when you might please
Well, I don't know babe if you ever have been told
But you're a tough one to play for
I tried to be what you were looking for
Now I'm not sure if you ever really knew
You know the world won't wait, babe, you're crying too late
And you're drinking on borrowed time
And the last thing you need is me and my weeping wine
You sit around sticking pins in dolls
What's there to fall down and die for?
You're looking fine baby it's well known
Why does your story have to be so short?
Well, pretty soon babe you're gonna show your age
Because you're drinking on borrowed time
And then the last thing you need is me and my weeping wine
You know the world won't wait, babe you're crying too late
You're drinking on borrowed time
And the last thing you need is me and my weeping wine
I lost my girl on Monday
Looking for some sympathy
I went to church directly
The lord was not there for me
Didn't go to work on Tuesday
Got to drinking around noon
I lost my heart to a mean bartender
She knocked me off my stool
Now the world's spinning round too fast
Lord, won't you let me off on the corner
You know a man could take to sinning
All he needs is a little push in that direction
I lost my job on Friday
Said a lack of discipline
I went to church directly
Peter said "He is not in."
I hit the bar on Sunday
Looking for some discipline
I sold my soul to the mean bartender
She said I'm born again
Now the world's spinning round too fast
Lord, won't you let me off on the corner
You know a man could take to sinning
All he needs a little pushing
If you time it just right
You could send me to the lions tonight
Strange to see you babe, ain't nothing down here free
Did you lose your ticket? hope you weren't looking for me
I'm still wearing the scars I got from being your fool
You messed me up pretty good babe I didn't mean to ruin you
I remember when I first saw you babe you were looking pretty good
You said you were looking for love, well then why didn't you?
You just sat there taking everything you could get
Never thought one day you might have to pay for it
Did you ever dream baby one day you might fall
And feel your back against the wall?
Did you ever dream baby one day you might crawl
did you ever dream?
Now when you're putting on your face I guess that you feel kind of low
Knowing that you past your best and you've got nothing to show
Well, baby, you know just as well as I some fool is going to fall your way
Only this time around you might have to pay for it
Did you ever dream baby one day you might fall
And feel your back against the wall?
Did you ever dream baby one day you might crawl?
Did you ever dream, baby?
When you had no need, baby
Did you ever dream
That you might have to
Pay for it?
Well I don't know but I've been told
and I've seen what you've left behind
And I don't know if I like what I see
When it's knocking at my door
And you don't know if you're laughing or crying
And I don't know if I care
Because I know right here I've got me
Something that you'll never have
You might laugh but what are you looking at?
Sending your old valentines to the one you never had
Well I don't know but I've been told
and I've seen what you've left behind
And all those ladies you left standing on the corner
They're laughing at you now
So you drink all night and you sleep all day
Because you see what you've left behind
And standing on the corner, hey lady, got a quarter?
She's passing you by
And you don't know if you're laughing or crying
And I don't know if I care
Because I know right here I've got me
Something that you'll never have
You might laugh but what are you looking at?
Sending your old valentines to the one you never had
She said she didn't understand him so she guessed he was deep
He swore he'd never been to college and was too tall to be
So as she led him to the slaughter thinking she'd be laughing last
Now the lady in the question is his better half
She's got to be the stupidest girl I've ever seen
She don't care who, why, or where I've been
She's got a right to be, with all that's wrong with me
But she doesn't want to understand
That she's a girl and I'm a man
He thought that women and drink would make a man out of him
But the extent of his studies left a jaded man
So as she led him to the altar he was easily led
And when they asked him if he did, well then, this is what he said
She's got to be the stupidest girl I've ever seen
She don't care who, why, or where I've been
She's got a right to be, with all that's wrong with me
But she doesn't want to understand
That she's a girl and I'm a man
Every time she's near me
She gives me a new reason to be alive
To try to get right
She looks right through me
She says you're not cool, you're just like me
You're a stupid man
Get over here, hold my stupid hand
She's all right...
