A Little Bit of Abuse - The Kinks

One on the nose, one on the chin

You bruise so easy, so why stay with him?

He uses you just like a human punching bag

But you don’t complain, you’re too scared to speak

Anyway, it only really hurts you when you laugh

And when you eat

But you can’t break the pattern, week after week

The bruises show

But he must be special otherwise you’d just get up and go

You’ll never let us know

Exactly how you feel

What’s the use?

The cynics say it’s no excuse

You keep running back just to get a little bit of abuse

You say it’s okay

But I say that it’s not right

You wind him up, but now you’re living in fear

You keep going back but it ends in tears, oh

That’s quite a cut on the side of your head

Is it from his fist, or did you really fall out of bed?

Oh, so uncouth

Excuse me, is this your tooth?

Why do you stay?

No one knows

Do you really love him, or are you too scared to go?

You’re always nervous and on the edge of tears

You cry alone

But you never tell us what it’s like when you get back home

No one will ever know

Because you never show

What’s the use?

Everyone says you’ve got no excuse

You keep running back just to get a little bit of abuse

You say it’s okay

But I say that it’s not right

Oh, it’s your secret, it’s your life, who am I to criticize?

It takes two sides to know it’s true

And maybe, he’ll stay in love with you

No one will ever know

Because you never show