He don't know I call him the teacher

He had hard lessons for the kid

I could offer you true hell he put me under the same spell

He lied and he stressed me out



You love me like a precious gift

And he loved me like a sloppy kiss

You would tell me your heart aches

now I understand the pain

Oh why did I let you drown



Baby, would you believe that I been broken

You say memories again and again

I see the reel now it's real to me

I gave up gold for grains of sand

Slippin' through my hand, hand, hand, hand

Slippin' through my hand, hand, hand, hand



You had no problems with commitment

Like a king is loyal to what's his

You look for a ring to fit

while I played wifey with the kids

Oh the irony makes me sick



He tried to make me look crazy

Nothing new about his kind of scheme

I laugh when I think about his face 

when truth nearly spilled out

He looked like me I get that now



But Baby, would you believe that I been broken

You say memories again and again

I see the reel now it's real to me

I gave up gold for grains of sand

Slippin' through my hand, hand, hand, hand 

Slippin' through my hand, hand, hand, hand 

Slippin' through my hand, hand, hand, hand 

Slippin' through my hand, hand, hand, hand 



Ah, ah, ah, ah

Baby, would you believe that I been broken

You say memories again and again

I see the reel now it's real to me

I gave up gold for grains of sand

Slippin' through my hand, hand, hand, hand

Slippin' through my hand, hand, hand, hand

Slippin' through my hand, ooh

Slippin' through my hand, hand



(Slippin' through my hand, hand, hand)

(Slippin' through my hand, hand, hand)

(Slippin' through my hand, hand, hand)

(Slippin' through my hand, hand, hand)