Chely Wright - Back Of The Bottom Drawer Lyrics
In the back of the bottom drawerOf the dresser by our bedIs a box of odds and ends that I have always keptBut the man who sleeps beside meDoesn't know it's even thereLittle pieces of my pastThat I shouldn't have to shareA napkin that is stained with timeHas a poem on it that didn't quite rhyme, but it made me cryIn a "Dear Jane" letter from a different guyHe broke up with me and he told me I'm not always rightAnd a stolen key from an old hotel room doorIn the back of the bottom drawerI don't keep these things 'cause I'm longing to go backI keep them because I want to stay right where I'm atI'm reminded of my rights and wrongsI don't want to mess this upBut I wouldn't know where I belongWithout this box of stuffA birthday card from my first boyfriendHe signed it "I love you" so I gave inYeah, we went too far in his daddy's carAnd those Mardi Gras beads from '98We danced all night, stayed out so lateWe thought we were stars, closing down the barsThat champagne was cheap but still I've got that corkIn the back of the bottom drawerI'm not trying to hide these things from the man I love todayBut I'm a better woman for him, thanks to my yesterdaysSo now I try to give more than I takeAnd I bite my tongue, fight the urge to say it's my wayOr no way at allAnd now I cherish love a whole lot more'Cause of what'sIn the back of the bottom drawer
