Before You (i swear i was a mess)

BEFORE YOU (I SWEAR I WAS A MESS)(by Papushka) {a song about your life going from zero to hero, from not-a-damn-thing-going-on to life-of-the-global-party, superstar -- because somebody [or some little ones] comes along suddenly, loving you, and lifting you up} (HOOK) I SWEAR I WAS A MESS BEFORE YOU / I NEVER DID MY BEST BEFORE YOU / THE WORLD HAD GIVEN UP BEFORE YOU / AND I HAD NEVER LOVED LIKE I LOVE YOU Everything I touch now / turns to gold / The people love me from coast to coast / But not long ago / it wasn't so / Every hand I played I had to fold / I talked the talk / I never walked / Everything I planned somehow got stuck / Wen you came around it lit me up / Now my every word is triple-A stock! (HOOK) I SWEAR I WAS A MESS BEFORE YOU / I NEVER DID MY BEST BEFORE YOU / THE WORLD HAD GIVEN UP BEFORE YOU / AND I HAD __NEVER LOVED LIKE I LOVE YOU In the mornings when I woke up / All I did was sit with my coffee cup / Play a game or two or maybe more / I swear I was a mess before / (HOOK) I SWEAR I WAS A MESS BEFORE YOU / I NEVER DID MY BEST BEFORE YOU... © 2011, Nkengafac Kole-Kole Ajua Alemanji Words&Music by: Papushka Recording, Engineering and Production: Papushka at Uncle Dickson Studios, Northern VA Keyboard from AjamSonic.com