Shannon Leigh Reynolds - Closer To You

Not for Long
Written by Shannon Leigh Reynolds

It was hotter than a blue blaze in mid-July
You were turning the heat up trying to make me cry
You’d been about as bad as a man could be
But here you were laying the blame on me
So it was time to hit the road and say good-bye

You came back begging with tears in your eyes
But that lipstick on your collar betrays your lies
I’ve spent too many of my good years
Drying up the tracks of crocodile tears
Yeah I’ve got one truth, let me make you wise

You can hurt me, but not for long
You’re one in a long line that’s done me wrong
I didn’t just get here yesterday
And my schooling came the hard way
So I know how to move along

Tell everybody that your little world has come undone
Go on and trash my name if you think that’s fun
I know I can find me a good man
Who’ll love me the way a good man can
And that’s why what you say doesn’t bother me none

You can hurt me, but not for long
You’re one in a long line that’s done me wrong
I didn’t just get here yesterday
And my schooling came the hard way
So I know how to move along
Yeah I know how to move along