Cheap Affairs - Alicia Bridges

There’s an oh-so bitter shady side to romance

Where one cheap affair is followed by another

It was my misfortune to suffer there

But I don’t care

Now that you’re here to love me

Before I found my way to you

I rolled and tumbled through some cheap affairs

Way down where life is loose

You lose

I’ve been the victim of some cheap affairs

Every once in a while

Someone would smile

And I would take another chance every once in a while

I went through the motions of making love

Cheap affairs

Living in the loneliness

Cheap affairs

Living out the blues

Oh, baby

Can you love a woman like me

After all this time I’ve been around

I may not be the virgin lover your mother talked about

I have been touched by human hands

It was my misfortune to suffer there

But I don’t care

Now that you really love me

Before I found my way to you

Every interlude became a cheap affair

And every raunchy rendezvous

Was nothing more than just a cheap affair

Yes, I know

I’ve been low down

But I am the woman you’ve been waiting for

I’m a tough mama now

I can blow your whistle 'til you say no more

(No more)