Broken-Hearted Girl

Album: I Am… Sasha Fierce (2009)
Charted: 27
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  • You're everything I thought you never were
    And nothing like I thought you could've been
    But still you live inside of me
    So tell me, how is that?

    You're the only one I wish I could forget
    The only one I love to not forgive
    And though you break my heart
    You're the only one

    And though there are times when I hate you 'cause I can't erase
    The times that you hurt me and put tears on my face
    And even now while I hate you, it pains me to say
    I know I'll be there at the end of the day

    I don't wanna be without you, babe
    I don't want a broken heart
    Don't wanna take a breath without you, babe
    I don't want to play that part
    I know that I love you, but let me just say
    I don't wanna love you in no kind of way, no, no

    I don't want a broken heart
    And I don't want to play the broken-hearted girl
    No, no, no broken-hearted girl
    I'm no broken-hearted girl

    There's something that I feel I need to say
    But up 'til now I've always been afraid
    That you would never come around
    And still I wanna put this out

    You say you got the most respect for me but
    Sometimes I feel you're not deserving of me
    And still you're in my heart
    But you're the only one

    And, yes, there are times when I hate you, but I don't complain
    'Cause I've been afraid that you would walk away
    Oh, but now I don't hate you, I'm happy to say
    That I will be there at the end of the day

    I don't wanna be without you, babe
    I don't want a broken heart
    Don't wanna take a breath without you, baby
    I don't want to play that part
    I know that I love you, but let me just say
    I don't wanna love you in no kind of way, no, no

    I don't want a broken heart
    And I don't want to play the broken-hearted girl
    No, no, no broken-hearted girl

    Now I'm at a place I thought I'd never be, ooh
    I'm living in a world that's all about you and me, yeah
    Ain't got to be afraid, my broken heart is free
    To spread my wings and fly away, away with you
    Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh

    I don't wanna be without my baby
    I don't want a broken heart
    Don't wanna take a breath without my baby
    I don't want to play that part
    I know that I love you, but let me just say
    I don't wanna love you in no kind of way, no, no

    I don't want a broken heart
    I don't want to play the broken-hearted girl
    No, no, no broken-hearted girl
    Broken-hearted girl, no, no
    No broken-hearted girl
    No broken-hearted girl Writer/s: Beyonce Knowles, Kenneth Edmonds, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Kierra from CaliforniaThis song is totally about a relationship gone wrong and the women on dwelling the pain that her lover caused her
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