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It Hurt Her to Hurt me

from Baby You Win by Cliff Westfall

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It Hurt Her to Hurt Me
©Cliff Westfall 2018

CHORUS 1
I know it hurt her to hurt me, she hates to see me in pain
She'd rather quickly desert me than see me going insane 
She never wanted to leave me for somebody else
And I feel almost as sorry for her as I do for myself

VERSE 1
I broke her heart a thousand times, just once did she break mine 
And I know she didn't mean to, she musta thought that I'd be fine
Well now I'm no longer spoken for, but I've still got my pride
'Cause I know the pain she put me through must be killing her inside

CHORUS 2
She wouldn't want me to suffer, she wouldn't want me to cry
She must think that I'm tougher than a regular guy
And I guess I thought the same thing, till she proved me wrong
But knowing she still believes it is how I keep hanging on

VERSE 2
Temptation has a way of going ‘round
And the bonds of love once broken are forevermore unsound 
Hey but the record's clear, she'd still be here, walking by my side
If I'da give her half a reason to let her conscience be her guide

CHORUS 1
I know it hurt her to hurt me, she hates to see me in pain
She'd rather quickly desert me than see me going insane 
She never wanted to leave me for somebody else
And I feel almost as sorry for her as I do for myself

CHORUS 2
No, she wouldn't want me to suffer, she wouldn't want me to cry
She must think that I'm tougher than all the regular guys
And I guess I thought the same thing, till she proved me wrong
But knowing she still believes it is how I keep hanging on
Yeah, knowing she still believes it, well that’s how I keep hanging on…

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from Baby You Win, released July 13, 2018
Track 1 from my forthcoming album, "Baby You Win," produced by Bryce Goggin (Pavement, the Ramones, Antony and the Johnsons, Evan Dando) at Trout Recording in Brooklyn, NY, and renowned New York guitarist and songwriter Graham Norwood.

The album features the following musicians:

Lead vocals, acoustic guitar: Cliff Westfall
Electric guitar: Scott Metzger (Shooter Jennings, Wolf!, Phil Lesh, Joe Russo's Almost Dead)
Electric and acoustic guitar, harmony vocals: Graham Norwood
Pedal steel: Dan Iead (Norah Jones, Cass McCombs, Valerie June)
Bass: Jeremy Chatzky (Ronnie Spector, Bruce Springsteen, Laura Cantrell)
Drums: David Christian (Brian Burton aka Danger Mouse, Mary Timony's Helium, Sam Cohen, Hospitality, Sweet Cream)
Keyboards: Charlie Giordano (Bruce Springsteen)

Plus guest harmonies from Matthew Horn (A Don Piper Situation) on "Sweet Tooth," "Hanging On," and "The Man I Used to Be," and Barbara Endes (Girls on Grass) on "A Lie If You Must"...

All tracks mastered by Alex McCollough of True East Mastering, Nashville, TN

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Cliff Westfall New York, New York

New York-based, Kentucky-bred country songwriter Cliff Westfall writes songs about heartache, loss, addiction – you know, funny songs. Or he can dive into a sentimental weeper.

He delivers them all with the wit that, for Westfall, is central to country music. His songs are bitingly acerbic, dependent on the twisty puns, bittersweet humor, and turns of phrase that used to define country music. ... more

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