Can't stand on the sidelines
(Chorus )
Can't stand to see you hurt so badly
when I love you so damn much.
I can't stand on the sidelines
and watch him beat you up.
(Verse)
You've got a black eye, a busted lip
and bruises on your arm.
It's high time you leave him
Before he does more harm.

I know the threats he's made to you
To keep you in his cage
But if you come stay with me
I'll deal with his rage.
(Chorus)
Can't stand to see you hurt so badly
when I love you so damn much.
I can't stand on the sidelines
and watch him beat you up.
(Verse )
You lay down on my old sofa
And cried yourself to sleep.
I slipped out the back door
and drove back to your street.

He was standing on the front porch
Just as angry as could be
and I yelled hey there buddy boy
now your fight's with me.

(Verse)
I caught him with a right hook
that sent him to the ground.
I kicked him where it really hurts
and said get out of town.

I reinforced my message
with a threat he knew I'd keep.
I said, bother her again
and I'll lay you six foot deep.
(Bridge)
It was the first day of a brand new life
for the both of us.
I found someone to care for
and you found someone to trust.
We turned an old friendship
Into love.
(Chorus)
Can't stand to see you hurt so badly
when I love you so damn much.
I can't stand on the sidelines
and watch him beat you up.