No Excuse For Lovin'-Soul Position

[00:43.88][Verse] [00:45.08]He liked to keep his women looking nice [00:48.11]And tried to pay her phone bill [00:49.60]But she turned him down twice [00:51.77]Even though her life wasn't sunny [00:53.70]She felt him she didn't know him well enough to take his money [00:56.73]Instead, she recommended quiet dinner [00:59.48]Maybe next weekend and she could find a babysitter [01:02.85]Her daughter was three and she was twenty-one [01:05.09]With, dreams of marriage and having a son [01:07.70]But most times she felt like she'd never find love [01:10.87]So she drank away the pain in blood stained night clubs [01:14.00]And when home with men that acted like thugs [01:16.80]Addicted to the night life, like drugs [01:19.62]But regrets of the morning after always caught her [01:22.44]Waking up with men unfamiliar to her daughter [01:25.52]Even though they gave her an escape from lonely days [01:28.24]She never felt better than when they parted ways [01:30.72] [01:31.03][Hook] [01:31.24]Oh there's no.. excuse for loving.. [01:41.61](Inaudible) [02:16.90] [02:25.52][Verse] [02:28.27]"Nothing special," she thought when his path crossed her mind [02:31.58]He could never be the one, just, occupy her time [02:34.43]And fill the lonely days that'd become so basic [02:37.30]Since her heart was torn from the broken off engagement [02:40.39]Two years ago and three states away [02:42.87]But by the look in her brown eyes you would've thought it happened yesterday [02:45.95]Now this new with intention to impress [02:48.64]Bought her tennis shoes and a brand new summer dress [02:51.83]If you could see the smile on her face [02:54.52]And how it washed away the work week's bitter taste [02:57.34]Plus this was the week of her born day [03:00.08]The sun ray in a life of all work and no play [03:03.35]He said he wanted her to spend it with him [03:05.99]But, she said she'd already committed to her friends [03:08.91]He denied her invitation to come along [03:11.71]And told her to call when she got home [03:14.27] [03:14.50][Hook] [03:14.87]Oh there's no.. excuse for loving.. [03:25.50](Inaudible) [03:48.54][Verse] [03:49.11]She pulled into the parking lot [03:51.75]Startled when she saw him standing right behind her in the dark [03:54.78]Demanding she tell him who she slept with today [03:57.27]Smelling the liquor on his breath she began to walk away [04:00.35]He grabbed her by throat yanked off the gold chain [04:03.30]And almost smiled, satisfied at her pain [04:06.36]He though of this her reward for being unfaithful [04:09.26]Lifted from her feet tears roll down her cheek [04:12.16]And terrified, she closed her eyes [04:14.56]While the storm made it impossible to hear her cries [04:17.98]He knew this, and struck with a clenched fist [04:21.79]And told her he wasn't stupid [04:23.88]She's now pinned to the ground [04:26.78]With his hand on her mouth to muffle the sounds [04:29.27]Knee planted in her chest until breathing hurt [04:32.19]He said she forced him to take back his tennis skirt [04:35.17]Much stronger she offered very little resistance [04:38.33]To him taking back the clothes that he'd given [04:40.94]Then he cocked back his fist for one last blow [04:43.89]And left her in the parking lot knocked out cold