The Wanting Of You - Melissa Etheridge

She’s got her sweet children

She’s got her home she’s got some land

Her earthly possessions

She’s got a ring upon her hand

She tried to be a good girl

She tried to make everything right

She tried to kill the voices

That haunt her each and every night

She looks up to heaven

And wonders why love is so cruel

She loves him won’t hurt him

Can’t stop the wanting of you

She married in high school

Oldest was well upon her way

But that wild night Chicago

It’s left a mark she can’t erase

A phase you’ll just get over

That’s what her friends have always said

You dip your toes in water

She’s in way over her head

She looks up to heaven

And wonders why love is so cruel

She loves him won’t hurt him

Can’t stop the wanting of you

Keeping her desire paralyzed

She catches in the corner of her eyes

Tank top, smooth skin, soft lips, tanned thighs

How the hell’s this ache ever gonna die

And we make our choices

Doing what wee think is good

We deny our own dreams

'Cause we think we’ve been told we should

We think we’ve been told we should

She looks up to heaven

And wonders why love is so cruel

She loves him won’t hurt him

Can’t stop the wanting of you