Mark Miller

Lyrics

One More

she’s starved for his affection
she wants a lover and a friend
she wants him to be all those things
he ain’t never been

every time he’d raise his hand at her
she’d blame the bottle, not the man
got the same excuse for everything
I will never understand

she don’t need one
not one more reason
to walk right out that door
she don’t need one
not one more reason
she don’t need one more
to walk right out that door

she can change the locks
she can call the cops
there’s nothing they can do
she can stay with friends
’til the torment ends
in shades of black and blue

nothing breaks the cycle
not broken bottles or broken bones
thank God the only child at home
is that man of fifty-one

she watches as he’s sleeping
empty bottle on the floor
his cigarette’s still burnin’, it’s still burnin’
as she’s walkin’ out the door

she don’t need one
not one more reason
to walk right out that door
she don’t need one
not one more reason
she don’t need one more
to walk right out that door
she don’t need one

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