Ain't That Peculiar - Thelma Houston

Honey, you do me wrong

And I’m crazy 'bout you

You stay away too long

I can’t do without you, baby

Every chance you get

You seem to just hurt me more and more

Each hurt makes my love stronger than before

I know flowers can grow from rain

But how can love grow from pain?

Ain’t that peculiar?

(ain't that peculiar?)

A peculiarity (ain't that peculiar?)

Oh, you tell me lies

It should be obvious to me

But I’m so much in love with you, baby

That I don’t wanna see

That the things you do and say

Are designed to make me blue

It’s a such a shame, my love makes

All your lies seem true

But if the truth makes love last longer

Why do your lies make my love stronger?

Ain’t that peculiar?

(ain't that peculiar?)

A peculiarity (ain't that peculiar?)

I’ve cried so much

I’m like a child that’s lost its toy

But maybe, you think these tears I cry

Are tears of joy

But a child can cry so much

'Til you do everything they say

But I’m like a child

My tears don’t help me get my way (my way)

I know love can last through years

But how can love last through tears?

Ain’t that peculiar?

(ain't that peculiar?)

Peculiarity (ain't that peculiar?)

Ain’t that peculiar?

(ain't that peculiar?)

It’s peculiar as it can be (ain't that peculiar?)

I said I don’t understand, baby (ain't that peculiar?)

How I let you walk all over me (ain't that peculiar?)

Well, I want you to know one thing, baby (ain't that peculiar?)

I’m gonna find me somebody new (ain't that peculiar?)

And I might find them in Seattle, I might find them in New York (ain't that

peculiar?)

He might be in Chicago, he might be in Long Beach, California

But I tell you one thing, I’m getting sick of you (ain't that peculiar?)

You ain’t gon' keep on walking all over me

Doing the things that you do, I know I’ve been too good to ya

Oh yes I have, mmhm (ain't that peculiar?)

But oh… (ain't that peculiar?)

There’s always somebody out there to take your place (ain't that peculiar?)

Uh-huh, he might be in Memphis, he might be in Mississippi

He might be in New York City, oh love…