Don't Get

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 get that butterfly feeling underneath your dress
And your promises will turn into lies
Then you will 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

Now that the low life has no meaning
'cause you've been there, now you're gone
But your heart won't keep from cheating
It's 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 may, 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

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 may, could you please hold me
I believe that i might fall
I believe i might fall

Now that the low life has no meaning
'cause you've been there, now you're gone
But your heart won't keep from cheating
It's stringing you along

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 may, could you please hold me
I believe that i might fall
I believe that i might fall

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
Am i man enough to pray
Are you man enough to pray
Are you man enough to pray

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 her 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 your lovin', i don't need your kissin'
I don't need for you to tell me all that i've been missin'
I don't need your lovin', i don't need your kissin'
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
I never ever seen her and i hope i never do
I might have to show her just what love can do

The sun ain't gonna shine, and the rain is gonna fall
'cause 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, 'cause 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 your lovin'
(i don't need your lovin')
Kissin'
(i don't need your kissin')
Lovin', no i don't need
Tear me down again
(i don't need your lovin')
Mmm lovin'
(i don't need your kissin')
Mmm kissin', and i don't need
Tear me down again
(i don't need your lovin')
Yeah
(i don't need your kissin')
No, i don't need her to tear me down again

Strange to see you babe, ain't nothing down here free
Did you lose your ticket, hope you weren't looking for me
Now i'm still wearing the scars i got from being your fool
You messed me up pretty good babe i didn't mean to rule you

Remember when i first saw you babe you were looking pretty good
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

Well did you ever dream baby one day you might fall
And feel your back against the wall
Well 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 kinda low
Knowing that you passed your best and you got nothing to show
Well baby you know just as well as i some fool is gonna fall your way
Only this time around you might have to pay for it

Well did you ever dream baby one day you might fall
And feel your back against the wall
Well did you ever dream baby one day you might crawl
That's what i said
Did you ever dream, baby
When you had no need, baby
Did you ever dream
That you might have to pay for it

I do believe that you might have to pay now
Well did you ever dream baby one day you might fall
Yeah and feel your back against the wall
Well did you ever dream baby one day you might crawl

(improvise)
Strange to see you baby
Mmm strange, very strange
'cause you messed me up good
Yes you messed me up
Messed me up pretty good now didn't you baby
Mmm, took me a long time, to get back here
But i swear i didn't mean to rule you
Yeah i swear i didn't mean to rule you
How do you mend what you didn't mean to do
'cause i swear i didn't mean it
I swear i didn't mean it
And i swear i didn't, swear i didn't mean to
Swear i didn't mean to rule you
I swear, but you messed me up
You know that you messed me up good, do you now
You messed me up good, yes you did
Yes you did now now, baby
'cause i'm looking at you now
And you're paying now, yes you are now
I swear, and you never dreamed that
And you never dreamed that
No you never dreamed that
But you're paying now
Mmm you never dreamed that
Mmm i'm looking right at you now
And you're paying now, yes you are

She said don't worry baby
I'll do my own crying
I'm a big girl now
Now i'm gonna be okay
Yes 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 got no reason not to
She'll kiss you on the head
Says there's no easy road for leaving
If it hurts you too

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
Yeah 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
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
'cause you don't need her anymore
You guess that it's over

Well i don't know but i've been told and
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
'cause i know right here
I've got me something that you never had
You might laugh but what are you looking at?
Sending your own valentines to the one you never had

Well i don't know but i've been told and
Seen what you've left behind
And all those ladies you left standing on the corner
They're laughing at you now

(you never had, you never had)
So you drink all night and you sleep all day
'cause 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
'cause i know right here
I've got me something that you never had
You might laugh but what are you looking at?
Sending your own valentines to the one you never had