We were making love late afternoon
Radio playing some soulful tune
When a man came crashing through the bedroom door
I was young and didn't know the score
He'd a pistol pointed at my head
Just like in one of them books I've read
That's when I made my big mistake
I couldn't see the whole damned thing was faked
And I was wounded she taught me how to run
Wounded like a bullet from a gun
Wounded almost stopped my heart
Wounded she nearly made my whole world fall apart
When I met her down in that department store
I couldn't see what she was looking for
We'd talk a while and then she took me home
Broke out the bottle took off the telephone
I've known a few women thought I'd been around
Still didn't know what was going down
I left my pants my shirt my shoes
She took my pride she took my money too.
And I was wounded she taught me how to run
Wounded like a bullet from a gun
Wounded almost stopped my heart
Wounded she nearly made my whole world fall apart
That woman really got inside my head
And I believed every word she said
I was playing a game that didn't have no rules
Where the only ones likely to fall were fools
The Sweeter the wine the colder the cup
Let me take my fill just to set me up
Hard to come back when you take a fall
Since that day I don't trust no woman at all
And I was wounded she taught me how to run
Wounded like a bullet from a gun
Wounded almost stopped my heart
Wounded she nearly made my whole world fall apart
Yes I was wounded she taught me how to run
Wounded like a bullet from a gun
Wounded almost stopped my heart
Wounded she nearly made my whole world fall apart.