Lucinda Williams - Sweet Side

      
 
 Intro 
 
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 Verse 1 
 
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 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, now there's a
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 pain in your gut that you can't get rid of.
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 No one heard your screams, when you were nine. When
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 bad dreams filled your summertime. So,
 
 Chorus 
 
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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.
 
 Verse 2 
 
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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. Your
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 little tennis shoes and your pick-up sticks. You were
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 screamed at and kicked over and over. Now you
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 always feel sick and you can't keep a lover.
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 Every Christmas there were presents to unwrap but the
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 things you witnessed when you were five and a half. So
 
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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.
 
 Verse 3 
 
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 Someone deserted you, the damage is done. Now
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 you don't deserve to be loved by no one.
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 Hands that would feed you, when you were two were the
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 same hands that beat you black and blue.
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 You get defensive at every turn. You're
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 overly sensitive and overly concerned.
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 Few precious memories no lullabies.
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 Hollowed out centu-ries of lies. So
 
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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.
 
 Verse 4 
 
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 I've seen you in the kitchen cookin' me supper. I
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 listened to you b**chin' and I watched you suffer.
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 I still love you baby 'cause I know you. Don't
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 mean to do the cruel things you do. I've
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 seen you sewin' buttons on your shirt. I've
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 seen you throwin' up when your stomach hurt.
 
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 I'll stick by you baby through thick and thin. No
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 matter what kind of shape you're in. 'Cause
 
 Chorus 2 
 
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 I-iiii've seen your sweet side
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 I-iiii've seen your sweet side
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 I-iiii've seen your sweet side
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 I-iiii've seen your sweet side
 
 Chorus 3 
 
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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.
 
 Outro 
 
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