It is a hurtin' thing you don't wanna talk about it

Pain in your heart well it's takin' your breath away

You left it in lipstick on the mirror no use talkin' about it

Love like this just don't come along every day



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Somebody just stop calling you angel

Somebody just let love get up and go downtown

Somebody just stop calling you angel

Angel wings out in the snow and mascara running down



They called you tookie in high school, you didn't mind it too much

Kind of nice to have a nickname, kind of like they thought about it

You wish that it stuck with you, didn't have to trade it in on

Some crazy lover's pet name, wind up hurtin' so much



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BRIDGE:

He peeled the skin off of the world and you stopped breathin'

You drew a breath, he sighed, the air was freezin'

Two blood-red hearts pumpin' hard out in the open

You skinned your knee at kickball

Twenty years ago against all hopin'



Y'all put that hammer down and drove through love's angel food cake

Tastin' every spongy layer and lickin' frosting off the moon

Wild-eyed with excitement but childishly disappointed

Maybe even tasted better when mama let you lick the spoon



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