Tough Love

[Verse]
Swore you just kissed her, but your belt's unbuckled
Punching your walls. Scars on your knuckles
Only call me pretty when you get too drunk
There's a fine line between loyal and dumb

[Pre-Chorus]
But my heart can take a beating
I've always been this way
I don't love em and then leave em
I hate them and stay

[Chorus]
I was a little girl begging daddy to love her
Turned me to a deer chasing the hunter
Taught me that you gotta work hard for love
Beg and barter, starve for love
Grew up but I can't unlearn it
Love ain't real if it ain't hurtin
It ain't my fault the hands I hold are rough
Cause I've only ever known love to be tough

[Verse]
Never caught mama and daddy kissing
They were downstairs yelling, I was upstairs listenin'
Little brother, always pulling y hair
No wonder fighting feels like proof you care

[Pre-Chorus]
Believe me
They didn't know what they were starting
I don't bite the hand that feeds me
I kiss the hand that starves me

[Chorus]
I was a little girl begging daddy to love her
Turned me to a deer chasing the hunter
Taught me that you gotta work hard for love
Beg and barter, starve for love
Grew up but I can't unlearn it
Love ain't real if it ain't hurtin
It ain't my fault the hands I hold are rough
Cause I've only ever known love to be tough

[Bridge]
Love's a prize for when I'm perfect
Can't smell the smoke when the house was always burning

[Chorus]
I'm just a little girl taking after her mother
Turned me to a deer chasing the hunter
Taught me that you gotta work hard for love
Beg and barter, starve for love
Grew up but I can't unlearn it
Love ain't real if it ain't hurtin
It ain't my fault the hands I hold are rough
Cause I've only ever known love to be tough