p://www.imeem.com/groups/dvWvUf_g/music/ukFmYTEb/aretha-franklin-it-hurts-like-hell/">It Hurts Like Hell - Aretha Franklin

If loyalty were truly a virtue
than it'd serve me better than it do
cause all it does is keep me in hell
with far too many stories to tell
makes tears outnumber laughter
all in a quest for ever after
I've been bent, broken, and left behind
drawn back by the the memories I find
digging thru the boxes of my past
every chapter that of a love that didn't last
devotion short lived in real life
like my time to know the joy of being a wife
still I tried again because I have no fear
deal with alot of emotions that's clear
still I jump in the deep end and swim
even if the waves carry away them
I give more to the thought of it
drowning in my own virtue bit by bit
smiling at memories as if the pains
were just irremoveable stains
they didn't ruin the picture I see
and how much bigger could it be
if forgiveness is in it with hurt
something pure left beneath the dirt?
unable to stop believing in the feeling
so in hell and out I find myself reeling
because loyalty and love for me
are one in the same and run concurrently
endlessly...