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Artist: John Hiatt
Canonical path: /john-hiatt/the-love-that-harms
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The Love That Harms
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The Love That Harms
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Shes seen the whites of crazy eyes
Been in the camps of foreign spies
Taken lovers by surprise
The captives smile
But all the while she is wearing a disguise
Better men have been betrayed
Better men have been afraid
Shes the best trick in the trade
Just another kiss
On a long hit list and shes got you made
I'd hoped I wouldnt haven't to tell you
But now it begins
The fool has rushed in
Into the waiting arms
Of the love that harms
I never knew such a hurting thing
Until she wore my wedding ring
And all the pain her love can bring
Well, I'm telling you
So you wont go through what I'm still remembering
But I can see that its just too late
The next in line is gonna have to wait
Thought we all meet the same fate
In a tomb thats sealed
With a kiss of steal from a blinding date
Ready or not she got you willing
Now it begins
The fool has rushed in
Into the waiting arms of the love that harms.
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John Hiatt performs "The Love That Harms", and this lyric page sits inside the John Hiatt catalog on LyroVerse.
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