Mama never taught me how to love

Daddy never taught me how to feel

Mama never taught me how to touch

Daddy never showed me how to heal

Mama never set a good example

Daddy never held mama's hand

Mama found everything hard to handle

Daddy never stood up like a man

I've walked around broken, emotionally frozen

Getting it on, getting it wrong

(Chorus)

How do you love someone without getting hurt?

How do you love someone without crawling in the dirt?

So far in my life, clouds have blocked the sun

How do you love, how do you love someone?

How do you love, how do you love someone?

I was always the chosen child

The biggest scandal I became

They told me I'd never survive

But survival's my middle name

I've walked around hopin', just barely copin'

Gettin' it on, gettin' it wrong

(Chorus)

How do you love someone without getting hurt?

How do you love someone without crawling in the dirt?

So far in my life, clouds have blocked the sun

How do you love, how do you love someone?

How do you love, how do you love someone?

It's hard to talk... to say what's deep inside

It's hard to tell the truth when you've always lied

(Chorus)

How do you love someone without getting hurt?

How do you love someone without crawling in the dirt?

So far in my life, clouds have blocked the sun

How do you love, how do you love someone?

How do you love someone and make it last?

How do you love someone without tripping out the past?

So far in my life, clouds have blocked the sun

How do you love, how do you love someone?

How do you love, how do you love someone?

Someone...