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"Sweet Side"

Lucinda Williams

You run yourself ragged

Tryin' to be strong

You feel bad when you done nothin' wrong

Love got all confused with anger and pride

So much abuse

On such a little child

Someone you trusted

Told you to shut up

Now there's a pain in your gut

That you can't get rid of

No one heard your screams

When you were nine

When bad dreams filled the summertime

So you don't always show your sweet side

You don't always show your sweet side

You're tough as steel

And you keep your chin up

You don't ever feel

Like you're good enough

You've had the blues

Ever since you were six

Your little tennis shoes

And your pick-up sticks

You were screamed at and kicked

Over and over

Now you always feel sick

And you can't keep a lover

Every Christmas there were presents to unwrap

But the things you witnessed

When you were five and a half...

So you don't always show your sweet side

You don't always show your sweet side

Someone deserted you,

The damage is done

Now you don't deserve to be loved

By no one

Hands that would feed you

When you were two

Were the same hands that beat you

Black and blue

You get defensive at every turn

You're overly sensitive

And overly concerned

Few precious memories

No lullabies

Hollowed out centuries of lies

You don't always show your sweet side

You don't always show your sweet side

I've seen you in the kitchen

Cooking me supper

I listened to you bitchin'

And I watched you suffer

I still love you baby

'Cause I know you

Don't mean to do the cruel things you do

I've seen you sewin' buttons on your shirt

I've seen you throwin' up when your stomach hurt

I stick by you baby

Through thick and thin

No matter what kind of shape your in

'Cause I've seen your sweet side

I've seen your sweet side

I've seen your sweet side baby.