How I Love Him

[Verse 1]
Have you heard?
Things that aren't good for you
Things that'll only hurt you
Seem to taste so good
Long ago, I was young
Therefore I believed
How he lived was the way to be
But now things have changed

I knew it was wrong
The things he was giving to me
(The life and the lies you're givin' me)
I watched him do wrong
I knew it was time to break free
Yeah, yeah

[Chorus]
Oh, but I love him
Oh, how I love him
I know I love him more than words
More than words could ever say
But I have to let him go

[Verse 2]
All alone
Lied awake in my bed at night
Hoped and prayed that you'll be all right
Please come back home to me
Heaven, please
Make me see what I gotta see
Help me be who I wanna be
Give back my dignity

I've got to be strong
'Cause fear's not what life ought to be
(Why can't you see what he's done to me?)
It won't be too long
Before your life's taken from me
Baby, yeah

[Chorus]
Oh, but I love him
Oh, how I love him
I know I love him more than words
More than words could ever say
But I have to let him go

Oh, but I love him
Oh, how I love him
I know I love him more than words
More than words could ever say
But I have to let him go

(Free, yeah, yeah)
(Free, yeah, yeah)

[Bridge]
What's wrong with the things I give
With what I do or the way I live?
Does it matter who feels the pain
When in the end you're the one to gain?

What's so wrong?
(I knew it was wrong)
What's so wrong?
(I've got to be strong)
What did I do so wrong?
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me

[Chorus]
Oh, but I love him
Oh, how I love him
I know I love him more than words
More than words could ever say
But I have to let him go
(Don't ever let me go)

Oh, but I love him
(I knew it was wrong)
Oh, how I love him
(I've got to be strong)
I know I love him more than words
More than words could ever say
But I have to let him go