I Used To Love Him

LAURYN HILL

As I look at what I've done



The type of life that I've lived



How many things I pray the father will forgive



One situation involved a young man



He was the ocean and I was the sand



He stole my heart like a thief in the night



Dulled my senses blurred my sight



I used to love him but now I don't



I used to love him but now I don't



I chose a road of passion and pain



Sacrificed too much and waited in vain



Gave up my power ceased being queen



Addicted to love like the drug of a fiend



Torn and confused wasted and used



Reached the crossroad which path would I choose



Stuck and frustrated I waited, debated



For something to happen that just wasn't fated



Thought what I wanted was something I needed



When momma said no I just should have heeded



Misled I bled till the poison was gone



And out of the darkness arrived the sweet dawn



I used to love him but now I don't



I used to love him but now I don't



Father you saved me and showed me that life



Was much more than being some foolish man's wife



Showed me that love was respect and devotion



Greater than planets deeper than oceans



My soul was weary but now it's replenished



Content because that part of my life is finished



I see him sometimes and the look in his eye



Is one of a man who's lost treasures untold



But my heart is gold I took back my soul



And totally let my creator control



The life which was his to begin with



I used to love him but now I don't



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