time to heal

well

i came into the city

with a swansuit on my back. i didn't have no place to live

i didn't even have a country shack. i didn't have no money

didn't even have a place to go. just one thing on my mind

i'm gonna tell you so you know. i've been hurt so bad now

couldn't know the way i feel. well

i tell you

i've been hurt so bad

gonna take a long

long time to heal. well

i got myself a woman

then i proved myself a man. got myself a place to live

gonna do the best i can. got myself some money

even got myself a place to go. one thing on my mind

i'm gonna tell you so you know. well

i've been hurt so bad now

you couldn't know the way i feel. no

no. i've been hurt so bad

gonna take a long

long time to heal. well

i stand and fall

kickin' round. lord

i've been thrown out of every place

yeah. i've been. one thing i gotta do

got to sing my song to you

before my dyin' day. that's right. hooh. well

i've been stoopin'

fallin'

i've been kicked around. lord

i've been thrown out of every place. ah

just one thing i gotta do

i gotta sing my song to you

before my dyin' day. yeah. yeah

ah

hooh. let me tell you

i've been living in the city. said i've been living in the city

yeah. i've been walkin'

talkin'

livin'

dyin'

laughin'

cryin'. yeah

let me tell

one thing i gotta do

oh

you couldn't know the way i feel. oh

no. cause i've been hurt so bad

i gonna take a long time to heal. let me hear you playin' now

ah. hey

now. well

i've been hurt so bad

gonna take a long

long time to heal. i've been hurt so bad now

gonna take a long

long

long time to heal. yeah

i've been hurt so bad

gonna take a long

long time to heal. yeah

i've been hurt so bad now

gonna take a long

long time to heal. well

i've been

i've been

i've been hurt so bad

i'm gonna take a very long

long time to heal. hooh-ha. yeah

i've been hurt so bad

gonna take a long

long time to heal. i ain't foolin'.