All I Wanted (Thanks Anyway) - Allison Moorer

I left without a sound

I didn’t turn my head

'Cause I heard a story once

Looking back could leave you dead

So I crossed out every word

I buried all the clues

Tried to wash away who I was

But I couldn’t get rid of you

My body bears your bruise

Your spirit’s on my tongue

But my memory tells the truth

All I wanted was your love

God knows you make a mess of me

Your phrases and your fists

I give it everything I got

But mostly what I’ve got is this

So here’s the bloody mark

And here’s what never heals

Ain’t there something more?

This can’t be all that’s real

My body bears your bruise

Your spirit’s on my tongue

But my memory tells the truth

All I wanted was your love

All I wanted was your love

All I wanted was your love

All I wanted was your love

I try to fill the hole in vain

I never can replace

Everything you took away

Everything you never gave

Thanks anyway