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I Hope I Never Stop Hurtin'I pour myself a mem'ry and try to pinpointthe fateful moment I made my first mistakeI tell myself I'm only in this smoky ginjointto hear the juke and dull my heart's lonely achebut wisdom comes with the deepest of woundsso I'll get better if I don't heal too soonand I hope I never stop hurtin'I pray the whiskey never starts workin'the pain of loss may be a burdenbut it's the pain that's keepin' me saneso it's hard to cope but I still hopeI hope I never stop hurtin'the barkeep wipes a mugg and says it's foolish of meto stare at a pretty picture from my pastbut if she wasn't lovely I'd have seen she didn't love meand her face reminds me of a beautiful maskso if I meet a goodlooking woman againI'll know to look for the good withinyeah, I hope I never stop hurtin'I pray the whiskey never starts workin'the pain of loss may be a burdenbut it's the pain that's keepin' me saneso it's hard to cope but I still hopeI hope I never stop hurtin'one thing me and the bartender agree oneverything seems blue in the glow of neonbut I still think silent pain's the best advicenot to fall for a two-timer twiceso I hope I never stop hurtin'I pray the whiskey never starts workin'the pain of loss may be a burdenbut it's the pain that's keepin' me saneso it's hard to cope but I still hopeI hope I never stop hurtin'(c)2006 Robert George