Pretty Little Things

I once loved a man who was all lips and hands
 Cracked lips and hands, calloused hands
 I still feel his touch against my skin
 Past loves linger like phantom limbs
 I cut straight to the heart, I don't believe
 The pretty little things that you say
 I've heard a lot of little pretty things
 Don't buy me flowers, it pains me to watch
 Pretty little things wilt away
 Pretty little things wilt away, ah-ooh
 Pretty little things wilt away
 There are lessons in life no one should have to learn
 But trust is now something I make people earn
 So I'm not inclined to just give it away
 To a pair of blue eyes with some nice things to say
 I cut straight to the heart, I don't believe
 The pretty little things that you say
 I've heard a lot of little pretty things
 Don't buy me flowers, it pains me to watch
 Pretty little things wilt away
 Pretty little things wilt away, ah-ooh
 Pretty little things wilt away
 I know a trick to make a man's colors show
 If he sees something he wants, tell him no
 Maybe you're right, and maybe I have been used up
 By another man's hungry hands
 And maybe you're right, and maybe I have been ruined
 By another man after him
 But maybe I'm the one who's right
 Maybe you will prove why
 Women like me never fall for pretty little things
 I cut straight to the heart, I don't believe
 The pretty little things that you say
 I've heard a lot of little pretty things
 Don't buy me flowers, it pains me to watch
 Pretty little things wilt away
 Pretty little things wilt away, ah-ooh
 Pretty little things wilt away, ah-ooh
 Pretty little things wilt away, ah-ooh
 Pretty little things wilt away