Clint Black - Bitter Side of Sweet lyrics

She asked me how love gets along with me all by myself Wonders how I keep from getting dust upon that shelf She wanted to know how a man like me ends up alone, anyway 'Was I breakin' all the rules of love and the games that people play I said not too many hangin' round of all the ones I meet In time they always find that I'm on the bitter side of sweet She huddled on the gate on my block where I always catch my bus An' I hoped it wouldn't stop today, there'd just be the two of us But it showed up like it always does, about twenty minutes late I told her it'd be right along but she said she couldn't wait She didn't need any a**istance in putting some distance, between us on that empty street She was of a mind, in record time that I'm on the bitter side of sweet That I act this was is really not my fault It just means all the sweet things I've got to say Come along with a grain of salt (instrumental) It's no wonder I'm not scoring points, I'm always out of bounds If any wise willed words convince the point, I'm foolish by the pound An' a fool can see no one believes what's rollin' off my tongue An' I've never seen a recipe for sweet talkin' anyone I could have written a book on the lessons I took in the agony of defeat An showed you all the signs between the lines on the bitter side of sweet