Sweet Side

You run yourself a-ragged tryin' to be strong

You feel bad when you're doin' nothing 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 your summertime

So, you don't always show your sweet side

You don't always show your sweet side

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 had the blues ever since you was 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

You don't always show your sweet side

You don't always show your sweet side

Someone deserted you, the damage was done

You don't deserved to be loved by no one

Hand that would teach you, at the age of two

Were the same hands that'd teach 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

You don't always show your sweet side

You don't always show your sweet side

I've seen you in the kitchen, cookin' me supper

I listen 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 hurts

I stick by you, baby, through thick and thin

No matter what kind of shape you're in

'Cause I've seen your sweet side

I've seen your sweet side

I've seen your sweet side

I've seen your sweet side

I've seen your sweet side, baby

I've seen your sweet side

I've seen your sweet side, baby

I've seen your sweet side