No Excuse for Loving

[Verse]<br>He liked to keep his woman looking nice<br>And tried to pay her phone bill but she turned him down twice<br>Even though her life wasn`t sunny<br>She felt him she didn`t know him well enough to take his money<br>Instead, she recommended quiet dinner<br>Maybe next weekend and she could find a babysitter<br>Her daughter was three and she was twenty-one<br>With, dreams of marriage and having a son<br>But most times she felt like she`d never find love<br>So she drank away the pain in blood stained night clubs<br>And when home with men that acted like thugs<br>Addicted to the night life, like drugs<br>But regrets of the morning after always caught her<br>Waking up with men unfamiliar to her daughter<br>Even though they gave her an escape from lonely days<br>She never felt better than when they parted ways<br><br>[Chorus]<br>Oh there`s no.. excuse for loving..<br>(Inaudible)<br><br>[Verse]<br>"Nothing special," she thought when his path crossed her mind<br>He could never be the one, just, occupy her time<br>And fill the lonely days that`d become so basic<br>Since her heart was torn from the broken off engagement<br>Two years ago and three states away<br>But by the look in her brown eyes you would`ve thought it happened yesterday<br>Now this new with intention to impress<br>Bought her tennis shoes and a brand new summer dress<br>If you could see the smile on her face<br>And how it washed away the work week`s bitter taste<br>Plus this was the week of her born day<br>The sun ray in a life of all work and no play<br>He said he wanted her to spend it with him<br>But, she said she`d already committed to her friends<br>He denied her invitation to come along<br>And told her to call when she got home<br><br>[Chorus]<br><br>[Verse]<br>She pulled into the parking lot<br>Startled when she saw him standing right behind her in the dark<br>Demanding she tell him who she slept with today<br>Smelling the liquor on his breath she began to walk away<br>He grabbed her by throat yanked off the gold chain<br>And almost smiled, satisfied at her pain<br>He though of this her reward for being unfaithful<br>Lifted from her feet tears roll down her cheek<br>And terrified, she closed her eyes<br>While the storm made it impossible to hear her cries<br>He knew this, and struck with a clenched fist<br>And told her he wasn`t stupid<br>She`s now pinned to the ground<br>With his hand on her mouth to muffle the sounds<br>Knee planted in her chest until breathing hurt<br>He said she forced him to take back his tennis skirt<br>Much stronger she offered very little resistance<br>To him taking back the clothes that he`d given<br>Then he cocked back his fist for one last blow<br>And left her in the parking lot knocked out cold