You run yourself ragged tryin' to be strong
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You feel bad when you done nothin' wrong
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Love got all confused with anger and pride
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So much abuse on such a little child
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Someone you trusted told you to shut up
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Now there's a pain in your gut that you can't get rid of
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No one heard your screams when you were nine
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When bad dreams filled your summertime
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So you don't always show your sweet side
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You don't always show your sweet side
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You don't always show your sweet side
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You don't always show your sweet side
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You're tough as steel and you keep your chin up
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You don't ever feel like you're good enough
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You've had the blues ever since you were six
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Your little tennis shoes and your pick-up sticks
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You were screamed at and kicked over and over
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Now you always feel sick and you can't keep a lover
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Every Christmas there were presents to unwrap
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But the things you witnessed when you were five and a half
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So you don't always show your sweet side
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You don't always show your sweet side
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You don't always show your sweet side
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You don't always show your sweet side
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Someone deserted you, the damage is done
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Now you don't deserve to be loved by no one
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Hands that would feed you when you were two
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Were the same hands that beat you black and blue
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You get defensive at every turn
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You're overly sensitive and overly concerned
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Few precious memories no lullabies
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Hollowed out centuries of lies
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You don't always show your sweet side
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You don't always show your sweet side
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You don't always show your sweet side
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You don't always show your sweet side
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I've seen you in the kitchen cookin' me supper
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I listened to you bitchin' and I watched you suffer
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I still love you baby 'cause I know you
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Don't mean to do the cruel things you do
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I've seen you sewin' buttons on your shirt
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I've seen you throwin' up when your stomach hurt
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I stick by you baby through thick and thin
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No matter what kind of shape you're in
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'Cause I've seen your sweet side
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I've seen your sweet side
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I've seen your sweet side
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I've seen your sweet side
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I've seen your sweet side Baby
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I've seen your sweet side
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I've seen your sweet side Baby
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I've seen your sweet side
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Sweet Side
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| Lucinda Williams |
