Standard (EADGBE)

 I was staring at the sky, just looking for a star

 To pray on, or wish on, or something like that

 I was having a sweet fix of a daydream of a boy

 Whose reality I knew, was a hopeless to be had

 But then the dove of hope began its downward slope

 And I believed for a moment that my chances

 Were approaching to be grabbed

 But as it came down near, so did a weary tear

 I thought it was a bird, but it was just a paper bag

Chorus

 Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills

 'Cause I know I'm a mess he don't wanna clean up

 I got to fold 'cause these hands are too shaky to hold

 Hunger hurts, but starving works, when it costs too much to love

Verse 2

And I went crazy again today,

Looking for a strand to climb, looking for a little hope

Baby said he couldn't stay, wouldn't put his lips to mine

 And a fail to kiss is a fail to cope

 I said, 'Honey, I don't feel so good, don't feel justified

Come on put a little love here in my void,'

 He said?'It's all in your head,'

 and I said, 'So's everything,' but he didn't get it

 I thought he was a man

 But he was just a little boy

Chorus

 Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills

 'Cause I know I'm a mess he don't wanna clean up

 I got to fold 'cause these hands are too shaky to hold

 Hunger hurts, but starving works, when it costs too much to love

 Hunger hurts, but I want him so bad, oh it kills

 'Cause I know I'm a mess he don't wanna clean up

 I got to fold 'cause these hands are too shaky to hold

 Hunger hurts, but starving works, when, when it costs too much to love

 Oh, hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills

 Because I know I'm a mess he don't wanna clean up

 I got to fold 'cause these hands are too shaky to hold

 Hunger hurts, but starving, it works, when it costs too much to love

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