The Sweeter He Is

I didn't ask to fall in love with you

But you were so sweet

Tell me, what else could I do?

Oh, but then one day you said

You didn't want me no more

And my heart's still aching

From that terrible blow

The sweeter he is

Then longer the pain is gonna last

Oh, yes, it will

In your own way

You made me feel like a queen

You built me up so high

Till I gave you my everything

Oh, but one day

You took your good love away

And that's why I'm sitting here

Suffering, suffering today

The sweeter he is

The longer the pain is gonna last

Oh, yes, it will

Say it again now

The sweeter he is

The longer the pain is gonna last

Oh, yes, it will

I'm gonna tell one time

I was so in love

With this young man, I was

We dated

Dated almost a whole year

I mean we were inseparable

I knew everything was cool

You know, girls

I started dressing the way I thought he wanted me to

Doing my hair the way I thought he wanted me to

Everything I did was for this man

And then I had to go away for a little  bit

Ya know

It was about a month

But I just knew our love was tight

I knew everything was right

But when I came back home

I discovered

His loving wrong, baby

He'd found himself another, another love

He told me mine wasn't enough

So he had let me down

And that was a cold way to find out

Oh, and I have missed that man to this day, I have

Oh, Lord, that love was sweet

And that man was sweet

I'm telling you, I thought my life had come to an end

I really did

But life goes on, yes, it does

I had to hold myself up

And walk away

Although my heart was broken

I know that he had spoke

The words he needed to say

Oh, yes, he did

I ain't mad at him no more

Uh, uh, uh, uh, no, no, no, no

I got my music

Oh, yes, I do

And I made peace with myself

Not only about him but about everybody

Ya see you got to look inside of you

Learn to love yourself before you can love somebody else

Ya hear me?