Lyrics

All She Ever Wanted

She used to kiss her mama's bruises,
there were times she needed kisses too.
He seldom hit her brother
but her little sister got a few.
So men met all her expectations,
after her daddy they were pretty low.
She never dared imagine
I'd help heal her wounds from so long ago.

ALL SHE EVER WANTED
WAS TENDERNESS AND GENTLE WORDS
MAYBE THE LUXURY OF SIMPLY BEING HEARD
THINGS NO MAN HAD GIVEN HER BEFORE
I GAVE HER ALL SHE EVER WANTED
TILL SHE WAS STRONG ENOUGH FOR MORE

Her heart was like an injured sparrow,
that's afraid to trust the healing hand;
took years for her to speak up
longer still for me to understand
that she would see her daddy's shadow
every time I reached out to her.
She heard her daddy saying,
"What you want is more than you deserve".

ALL SHE EVER WANTED
WAS TENDERNESS AND GENTLE WORDS
MAYBE THE LUXURY OF SIMPLY BEING HEARD
THINGS NO MAN HAD GIVEN HER BEFORE
I GAVE HER ALL SHE EVER WANTED
TILL SHE WAS STRONG ENOUGH FOR MORE

Bridge: Time and loving care
can heal the sparrow's wing.
Time and loving care
can heal 'most anything.

NOW SHE'S FIN'LLY HAPPY
WITH TENDERNESS AND GENTLE WORDS
MUST BE THE CERTAINTY OF TRULY BEING HEARD
THINGS NO MAN HAD GIVEN HER BEFORE
I GAVE HER ALL SHE EVER WANTED
GLAD NOW I CAN GIVE HER MORE

Tag: NOW SHE'S GOT WHAT SHE ALWAYS WANTED
HER DADDY DOESN'T HAUNT HER ANYMORE



Copyright by Stanfield Major and Gilbert Sanchez