Pain it's only a little pain

It'll be gone in a couple of days

Or maybe a life or two

Heart it's only my poor heart

Just that little thing you tore apart

It ain't no headline news



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But a grown woman should've known better

Than to treat me like some old lipstick

You use up and throw away

Hey, hey, hey



Time I wish I could turn back time

To when you were just a child

And teach you a thing or two

About love it's okay if you wanna give up

But there's a way to leave someone

And you don't have to be so cruel



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But a grown woman should've known better

Than to treat me like some old dish rag

You use up and throw away

Hey, hey, hey



You're supposed to treat your lover

At least as good as your neighbor

So how could you, a grown woman

Not know no better



I ain't no lipstick you use up and throw away

Cause you're ready for another shade

Hey, hey, hey



You should've known better

Cause you're a grown woman