A Bad Start Lyrics

"Pray, baby pray

There's a man who lives in the walls

Anf he's listening to every single whispered word that you say

He's never far away"

So I said Amen and I climbed in bed

And the next thing I knew

That woman was on top of me"Stay, always stay"

Her fingers gripping my arm

And her breath in my ear saying"You can never ever ever run away"

Like I was her property

So I crossed my heart and I hoped to die

And I thought to myself

This woman gonna be the death of me

Some say love, oh love it is the reason

Why our mothers cross our heart

Some say love, oh love will make things even

Even though we both got off to a bad start"Steal, baby let's steal"

And then we ran through the store with a yellow neglige

Still dangling from her purse

She was getting worse

And as we ran to the car I made a mental note

To follow up on later

This ain't no normal behavior"Lie, baby let's lie

There's some people coming by

You got to look them in the eye and recite our alibi"

I knew every verse

So we manufactured some smiles

And opened the door to the outside world

It felt like climbing in a hearse

Some say love, oh love it is a river

That will roll eternally

Some say love, oh love will bring the answers

That will roll us to the sea"Cry, baby let's cry

Somebody broke your mama's heart

So let's go into the closet and lock ourselves inside

It's our happy place to hide"

And as I sat in the dark and listened to her sob

I thought but did not say

Just move on to the next guy"Luck, baby luck

You don't know how good you got it

Not like me who got stuck

In an abusive home"

She would always moan

So I reflected on what she said

And maybe that's when I started to understand

She's doing the best she can

Some say love, oh love it is a river

That will roll eternally

Some say love, oh love will bring the answers

That will roll us to the sea

Some say love, oh love it is the reason

Why our mothers cross our heart

Some say love, oh love will make things even

Even though we both got off to a bad start