Back Of The Bottom Drawer — текст песни (Chely Wright)

In the back of the bottom drawer
Of the dresser by our bed
Is a box of odds and ends that I have always kept
But the man who sleeps beside me
Doesn`t know it`s even there
Little pieces of my past
That I shouldn`t have to share

A napkin that is stained with time
Has a poem on it that didn`t quite rhyme, but it made me cry
In a `Dear Jane` letter from a different guy
He broke up with me and he told me I`m not always right
And a stolen key from an old hotel room door
In the back of the bottom drawer

I don`t keep these things `cause I`m longing to go back
I keep them because I want to stay right where I`m at
I`m reminded of my rights and wrongs
I don`t want to mess this up
But I wouldn`t know where I belong
Without this box of stuff

A birthday card from my first boyfriend
He signed it `I love you` so I gave in
Yeah, we went too far in his daddy`s car
And those Mardi Gras beads from `98
We danced all night, stayed out so late
We thought we were stars, closing down the bars
That champagne was cheap but still I`ve got that cork
In the back of the bottom drawer

I`m not trying to hide these things from the man I love today
But I`m a better woman for him, thanks to my yesterdays

So now I try to give more than I take
And I bite my tongue, fight the urge to say it`s my way
Or no way at all
And now I cherish love a whole lot more
`Cause of what`s
In the back of the bottom drawer