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He liked to keep his woman looking nice
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And tried to pay her phone bill but she turned him down twice
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Even though her life wasn't sunny
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She felt him she didn't know him well enough to take his money
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Instead, she recommended quiet dinner
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Maybe next weekend and she could find a babysitter
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Her daughter was three and she was twenty-one
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With, dreams of marriage and having a son
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But most times she felt like she'd never find love
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So she drank away the pain in blood stained night clubs
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And when home with men that acted like thugs
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Addicted to the night life, like drugs
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But regrets of the morning after always caught her
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Waking up with men unfamiliar to her daughter
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Even though they gave her an escape from lonely days
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She never felt better than when they parted ways
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Oh there's no.. excuse for loving..
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"Nothing special," she thought when his path crossed her mind
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He could never be the one, just, occupy her time
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And fill the lonely days that'd become so basic
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Since her heart was torn from the broken off engagement
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Two years ago and three states away
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But by the look in her brown eyes you would've thought it happened yesterday
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Now this new with intention to impress
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Bought her tennis shoes and a brand new summer dress
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If you could see the smile on her face
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And how it washed away the work week's bitter taste
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Plus this was the week of her born day
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The sun ray in a life of all work and no play
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He said he wanted her to spend it with him
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But, she said she'd already committed to her friends
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He denied her invitation to come along
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And told her to call when she got home
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She pulled into the parking lot
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Startled when she saw him standing right behind her in the dark
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Demanding she tell him who she slept with today
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Smelling the liquor on his breath she began to walk away
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He grabbed her by throat yanked off the gold chain
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And almost smiled, satisfied at her pain
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He though of this her reward for being unfaithful
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Lifted from her feet tears roll down her cheek
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And terrified, she closed her eyes
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While the storm made it impossible to hear her cries
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He knew this, and struck with a clenched fist
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And told her he wasn't stupid
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She's now pinned to the ground
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With his hand on her mouth to muffle the sounds
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Knee planted in her chest until breathing hurt
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He said she forced him to take back his tennis skirt
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Much stronger she offered very little resistance
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To him taking back the clothes that he'd given
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Then he cocked back his fist for one last blow
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And left her in the parking lot knocked out cold
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No Excuse For Loving
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