He Never Got Enough Love

<br>by Lucinda Williams <br> Betty Elders<br><br>Lucinda Williams Lead vocals, acoustic guitar<br>Gurf Morlix Electric and acoustic guitar/background vocals <br>Duane Jarvis Electric guitar <br>Dr. John Ciambotti Bass<br>Donald Lindley Drums and percussion<br>Gia Ciambotti Background vocals <br>Jim lauderdale Background vocals <br>Dusty Wakeman Background vocals <br><br>His mama ran off when he was just a kid<br>So he never really knew her at all<br>Just a picture of a girl in a sad blue dress<br>Hanging beside a cross on the wall<br>His daddy used to drive those eighteen wheelers<br>Now he drives the bottle deep into the night<br>He was always saying son, you`re just no good<br>You`ll never do anything right<br>He never got enough love in all his life<br>He wasn`t brought up right he never got enough love<br>The screams and the bruises and the broken bottles<br>These were things he understood<br>From busted chairs to a broken heart<br>He got away as soon as he could<br>When he was just eighteen he got his very own gun<br>Shot a kid near a liquor store one night<br>He was all mixed up he never understood why<br>He was only lookin` to prove his daddy right<br>He never got enough love in all his life<br>He wasn`t brought up right he never got enough love<br>He never got enough love in all his life<br>He wasn`t brought up right he never got enough love<br><br><br>From Lucinda Williams &quot;Sweet Old World&quot;<br>Chameleon Records 1992<br>Lucy Jones Music(BMI)/Whistling Pig Music(ASCAP)