gold

he don't know i call him the teacher, he had hard lessons for the kid, i get up, put you through hell, he put me under the same spell, he lied, man, he stressed me out, you loved me like a precious gift, and he loved me like a sloppy kiss, you would tell me your heart aches, now i understand the pain, oh, why did i let you drown, baby, would you believe, that i've been broken, you say memories play again and again, i see the reel, now it's real to me, i gave up gold for grains of sand, slippin' through my hand, hand, hand, hand, slippin' through my hand, hand, hand, hand, you had no problems with commitment, like a king is loyal to what's his, you looked for a ring to fit, while i played wifey with a kid, oh, the irony makes me sick, he tried to make me look crazy, nothing new about his kind of scheme, i laugh when i think about his face, when truth nearly spilled out, he looked like me, i get that now, but, baby, would you believe that i've been broken, you say memories play again and again, i see the reel, now it's real to me, i gave up gold for grains of sand, slippin' through my hand, hand, hand, hand, slippin' through my hand, hand, hand, hand, slippin' through my hand, hand, hand, hand, slippin' through my hand, hand, hand, hand, ah, ah, ah, ah, but, baby, would you believe that i've been broken, you say memories play again and again, i see the reel, now it's real to me, i gave up gold for grains of sand, slippin' through my hand, hand, hand, hand, slippin' through my hand, hand, hand, hand, slippin' through my hand, hand, hand, hand, slippin' through my hand, hand, hand, hand