Oh, Nellie, why do you keep comin' by When you know my locks are busted I see your eyes, good proof that you're still gettin' high All red and encrusted With the coal that you stole from your mother's dresser drawer In the night while she was sleeping You're lookin' slim, but your eyes are growing dim In the company you've been keeping But all I can see is the teapot you threw at me Broken china, you never were I once knew a sweet girl But you ain't her Can that be right, lord he's finally seen the light Say hello to the life I've been livin' Some things change, but mostly all of them stay the same All your answers have been given With hands in the dirt and head full of hurt Waiting for life to come and find you But it's only fear that keeps you here, drownin' in this broke down town I'm just another tie that binds you Yes, all you can see is whatever comes easily No goin' far for no far out limb I want a real man, and you ain't him Well you just call it like you see it Goin' on 'til all the goodwill's gone Just hear truth as I say it That our love is like the summer, I can't think about us did and done But fear may make me betray it oh won't you tell me true That you can stand me being me I'll work on letting you be you So we can stand as one 'til kingdom come Between you and me, It don't always come easily Broken china on the kitchen floor You are mine, oh won't you let me be yours