What is my day going to look like?
What will my tomorrow bring me?
If I had X-ray eyes, I could see inside
I wouldn't have to predict the future

I wish that you would do some talking
How else am I to know what you're thinking?
If only people would say what it really was
What it really was, what it really was that they wanted

Tell me where it hurts and to hell with everybody else
All I care about is you and that's the truth
They don't love me, I can tell
But you do, so they can go to hell

Did they ever give you a reason
To believe in something different?
If you're looking for love, for what it's worth
I've plenty of it lying around here somewhere

If you are looking for disappointment
You can find it around any corner
In the middle of the night I hold on to you tight
So both of us can feel protected

Tell me where it hurts and to hell with everybody else
All I care about is you and that's the truth
They don't love me, yeah, I can tell
But you do, so they can go to hell

I've been loved but I didn't know how to feel it
And I've been adored but I don't know if I ever believed it
I've been loved my whole life but I didn't know how to take it until you

So tell me where it hurts, to hell with everybody else
All I care about is you and that's the truth
They don't love me, yeah, I can tell
But you do, so they can go to hell
But you do, so they can go to hell

Tell me where it hurts
Tell me where it hurts
Tell me where it hurts now

Tell me where it hurts
Tell me where it hurts
Tell me where it hurts


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Tell Me Where It Hurts Lyrics as written by Shirley Ann Manson Douglas Elwin Erickson

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    just loving someone and not caring about anything else or what anyone else thinks

    great new song, i really like it, and it's true shirley is looking stunning for her age!

    missmeon May 29, 2007   Link

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