How Do You Love Someone

Album: Guilty Pleasure (2009)
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  • Mama never taught me how to love
    Daddy never taught me how to feel
    Mama never taught me how to touch
    Daddy never showed me how to heal

    Mama never set a good example
    Daddy never held mama's hand
    Mama found everything hard to handle, daddy never stood up like a man

    I've walked around broken
    Emotionally frozen
    Getting it on, getting it wrong

    How do you love someone without getting hurt?
    How do you love someone without crawling in the dirt?
    So far in my life, clouds have blocked the sun
    How do you love, how do you love someone?
    How do you love, how do you love someone?

    I was always the chosen child
    The biggest scandal I became
    They told me I'd never survive
    But survival's my middle name

    I've walking around hoping
    Just barely coping
    Getting on, getting it wrong

    How do you love someone without getting hurt?
    How do you love someone without crawling in the dirt?
    So far in my life, clouds have blocked the sun
    How do you love, how do you love someone?
    How do you love, how do you love someone?

    It's hard to talk
    To see what's deep inside
    It's hard to tell the truth
    When you've always lied

    How do you love someone without getting hurt?
    How do you love someone without crawling in the dirt?
    So far in my life, clouds have blocked the sun
    How do you love, how do you love someone?

    How do you love someone and make it last?
    How do you love someone without tripping on the past?
    So far in my life, clouds have blocked the sun
    How do you love, how do you love someone?
    How do you love, how do you love someone, someone? Writer/s: ALAINA BEATON, BILLY STEINBERG, JOSH ALEXANDER
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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