Before the party started
You had a glass of wine
When you saw the girls around him
You said 'He's going to be mine'

A faithful wife and a family
When he's drunk that's what he'll see
Calls you up late at night
Says 'Come home and marry me'

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Says he needs you, then he beats you
And he makes love to you when you don't want to
And he holds you, then he hurts you
And you take it- and you never walk away

Like the sailors who desert you
And the tricks you did for them
They left you young and bleeding
Then you did it all again

He takes the bed you make for him
He takes the food you cook
He takes your clothes off
And tells his friends how good you look

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