Hurt My Baby - John Hiatt

No need to be expressive

Anyone can see.

The injury was permanent

The wound was really deep.

Doesn’t talk about it much

I listen when she does.

And when she’s

In that distant place

I know it’s just because.

Somebody hurt my baby,

Somebody hurt my girl,

Somebody hurt my baby,

Somebody hurt somebody

In this mean old world

She’s developed

All these nervous ticks

To prove she’s still alive.

Does 90 down to 0

Back in overdrive.

Her sleep

Is just a nightmare state

She really gets no rest

Till someone

Has come forward

Till one of us confess

Somebody hurt my baby

Somebody hurt my girl

Somebody hurt my baby

Somebody hurt somebody

In this mean old world

Somebody hurt my baby

Somebody hurt my girl

Somebody hurt my baby

Somebody hurt somebody

In this mean old world