IT'LL FEEL GOOD WHEN IT QUITS HURTIN'
(Shirley Tackett / Roni Rivers)


Loretta Lynn - 1971



        

When you left me, you thought I'd die 
Sit at home alone and cry
And it hurts me because that you were right
I tell myself that I'll begin to try 
And forget you, but then
I go and cry myself to sleep at night

But somethin' that my Mama said 
Keeps goin' around inside my head
And if I only knew that it was true
That time and tears will wash away 
This hurt I'm feelin' night and day
Then I know that I'll get over you

Mama said one thing's for certain
It'll feel good when it quits hurtin'
And you know that Mama's always right
And if this hurt will go away
Then I'll feel good again someday
And I won't ever want you in my sight

And now you've spread it all around 
Just how you tore my playhouse down
And laughed because you broke my heart in two
You think that love is fun and games 
And you don't even feel ashamed
But someday it may all come home to you

And now you think you're flyin' high 
And you don't care how much I cry
But what goes up will come back down someday
And if my Mama's words are true 
By then I won't be lovin' you
And I'll be glad I heard my Mama say

Mama said one thing's for certain
It'll feel good when it quits hurtin'
And you know that Mama's always right
And if this hurt will go away
Then I'll feel good again someday
And I won't ever want you in my sight






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2013)