Story Behind The Song

Heard a woman complaining about her stretch marks while I was standing in line waiting to see a movie. Heard someone else talking about long distance relationships and wrote most of the song while waiting for the movie to start

Song Description

Singer is frustrated with his/her lover always being gone or late and the "long distance lovin'" is giving him/her stretch marks on his/her heart.

Lyrics

STRETCH MARKS ON MY HEART

(Dale Allen)

You're always on the go
You never let me know
When or if you're ever comin' back
I sit here waitin'
With my heart held in my hands
A lady shouldn't treat a man like that
(A gentleman would never act like that)

You make your excuse so well
When you're lyin' I can't tell
You've made the cheatin' life into an art
I reach out so far to touch your love
But you're away so much
I'm gettin' stretch marks on my heart

I've got stretch marks on my heart
Where you're tearin' it apart
You don't care enough to make a second start
You're always far away
And you ignore cupid's dart
This long distance lovin'
Has left stretch marks on my heart

One day a month
Of your lovin' ain't enough
After all this time you'd think that I'd get smart
But I've accepted my fate
You'll always be late
While I get stretch marks on my heart

(chorus)

You're home, then gone again
And it's just from 8:00 to 10:00
I don't want my lovin' a la carte
You've always gotta go somewhere
And it really isn't fair
To leave me here with stretch marks on my heart

(chorus)
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