Whole Damn Year lyrics

Tryna find a way to explain this

Why you can't touch me tonight?

I can feel you're getting impatient

But I really can't let you inside

Bad, how deep the pain is

Or you just couldn't believe

And yes I'm good on the surface

But I'm a mess, I'm a mess underneath

See winter took most of my heart

And Spring punched me right in the stomach

Summer came looking for blood

And by autumn, I was left with nothing

It took a whole damn year to repair my body

It took a whole damn year

It took a whole damn year to repair my body

It's been about five years

Gon' take a long long year for me to trust somebody

Gon' take long long year

Gon' take a long long year for me to touch somebody

It's been a bad five years

Not tryna do this on purpose

Boy I really wish I could

Don't act like you never heard this

I know you haven't misunderstood

Where the others just wouldn't respect me

Don't tell me you use well

I thought we were heading for Heaven

But you're about to take me back to Hell

See winter took most of my heart

And Spring punched me right in the stomach

Summer came looking for blood

And by autumn, I was left with nothing

It took a whole damn year to repair my body

It took a whole damn year

It took a whole damn year to repair my body

It's been about five years

Gon' take a long long year for me to trust somebody

Gon' take long long year

Gon' take a long long year for me to touch somebody

It's been a bad five years

It took a whole damn year to repair my body

It took a whole damn year

It took a whole damn year to repair my body

It's been about five years

Gon' take a long long year for me to trust somebody

Gon' take long long year

Gon' take a long long year for me to touch somebody

It's been a bad five years

Bad to the liver, bad to the bones

Bad to the liver, bad to the bones

Bad to the liver, bad to the bones

It's been a bad five years

• Artist:Mary J. Blige
• Album:The London Sessions (2014)