Whole Damn Year Lyrics - Mary J. Blige

1 [Verse 1]

2 Tryna find a way to explain this

3 Why you can't touch me tonight?

4 I can feel you're getting impatient

5 But I really can't let you inside

6 Bad, how deep the pain is

7 Or you just couldn't believe

8 And yes I'm good on the surface

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

10 See winter took most of my heart

11 And Spring punched right in the stomach

12 Summer came looking for blood

13 And by autumn, I was left with nothing

14 [Chorus]

15 It took a whole damn year to repair my body

16 It took a whole damn year

17 It took a whole damn year to repair my body

18 It's been about five years

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

20 Gon' take long long year

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

22 It's been about five years

23 [Verse 2]

24 Not tryna do this on purpose

25 Boy I really wish I could

26 Don't act like you never heard this

27 I know you haven't misunderstood

28 Where the others just wouldn't respect me

29 Don't tell me you use well

30 I thought we were heading for Heaven

31 But you're about to take me back to Hell

32 See winter took most of my heart

33 And Spring punched right in the stomach

34 Summer came looking for blood

35 And by autumn, I was left with nothing

36 [Chorus]

37 It took a whole damn year to repair my body

38 It took a whole damn year

39 It took a whole damn year to repair my body

40 It's been about five years

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

42 Gon' take long long year

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

44 It's been about five years

45 It took a whole damn year to repair my body

46 It took a whole damn year

47 It took a whole damn year to repair my body

48 It's been about five years

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

50 Gon' take long long year

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

52 It's been about five years

53 [Outro]

54 Bad to the liver, bad to the bones

55 Bad to the liver, bad to the bones

56 Bad to the liver, bad to the bones

57 It's been about five years