Terri Clark Lyrics

Album: Pain To Kill

You Can't Help the One You Love Lyrics

Written by Terri Clark and Gary Burr. 


He says it's none of my damn business 

How much he drinks

And he doesn't have a problem

No matter what the whole town thinks

At his baby's birthday party

There was whiskey on his breath

Everybody wants to save him 

But he's not ready yet

CHORUS

You wanna scream, you wanna cry

You want someone to tell you why 

All the hope that's in your heart is not enough

You hit your knees, you shake your fists

Oh, it's the deepest wound there is

When you can't help the one you love

Her sister reads the Bible

Her father sits and snores

They're with her every minute

'Cause they may not have many more

She was dancing in New Orleans only seven weeks ago

Life may go on without her 

But not the life we know

REPEAT CHORUS

When someone's slippin' away

Right before your eyes

How useless we are

Is a painful surprise

REPEAT CHORUS

When you can't help the one you love