Permanent Hurt - John Hiatt

What is that fallin' out of your eyes?

What is that rollin' on down your shit?

Thunder and lightnin' from the bloodshot skies

This time its feelin' like a permanent hurt

What is that lipstick up on his sleeve?

Where’s the forgiveness thats stronger than dirt?

Tearin' the words out when you ask him to leave

This time its gonna be a permanent hurt

A permanent hurt, yeah a permanent hurt

The pain and the memories do the dirty work

Promises broken hearts on red alert

The surface will heal

But its feelin' like a permanent hurt

What were you thinkin' when you fell in love?

What were you thinkin' in that little black skirt?

Bet you a rainbow you weren’t thinkin' of

Scuffin' your heels up on a permanent hurt

A permanent hurt, yeah a permanent hurt

The pain and the memories do the dirty work

Promises broken hearts on red alert

The surface will heal

But its feelin' like a permanent hurt

Ohh

It’s all temporary like the big book tells

Ashes to ashes, baby dirt to dirt

Somethin' gets scary, someone runs like hell

Somebody winds up with the permanent hurt

A permanent hurt, yeah a permanent hurt

The pain and the memories do the dirty work

Promises broken hearts on red alert

The surface will heal

But it’s feelin' like a permanent hurt

A permanent hurt, yeah a permanent hurt

The pain and the memories do the dirty work

Promises broken hearts on red alert

The surface will heal

But it’s feelin' like a permanent hurt

A permanent hurt

It’s feelin' like a permanent hurt