Name: Tell Me What It Is
Duration: P00H03M41S
Description: The writing's on the wall, but we're afraid to read it.

Tell Me What It Is

from Short Stories by Bett Butler

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The writing's on the wall, but we're afraid to read it.

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Baby, something’s wrong here
For a long, long time, you just ain’t been yourself
You’re body’s here beside
But it’s plain to see your mind is somewhere else

In the little things you do each day
I can see the signs that something’s wrong
Won’t you look me in the eye
and tell me what it is that’s going on?

I tried to shut my eyes
to all the things I noticed going down
I tried so not to listen
to all the gossip and the rumors going ‘round

But now, when you make love to me,
you try to hide it, but I can see the thrill is gone
Won’t you look me in the eye
and tell me what it is that’s going on?

I didn’t want to ask you
I hoped and prayed that it was just a passing thing
I didn’t want to know the truth
I knew what misery the truth could bring

But now I know that it’s not right
for you to still be here with me when your love for me is gone.
Won’t you look me in the eye
and tell me what it is that’s going on?

Won’t you look me in the eye
and tell me what it is that’s going on?

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from Short Stories, released September 1, 2000

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Bett Butler Texas

Songwriter, piano player, storyteller.

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