Karaoké Back of the Bottom Drawer Chely Wright

In the back of the bottom drawer of the dresser by our bed

Is a box of odds and ends that I have always kept

But the man who sleeps beside me doesn't know it's even there

Little pieces of my past that I shouldn't have to share

A napkin that is stained with time

Has a poem on it that didn't quite rhyme but it made me cry

In a dear Jane letter from a different guy

He broke up with me and he told me

I'm not always right

And a stolen key from an old hotel room door

In the back of the bottom drawer

I don't keep these things 'cos I'm longin' to go back

I keep them because

I wanna stay right where I'm at

I'm reminded of my rights and wrongs

I don't wanna mess this up

But I wouldn't know where I belong without this box of stuff

A birthday card from my first boyfriend

He signed it I love you so I gave in

Yeah we went too far in his daddy's car

And those Mardi Gras beads from ninety-eight

We danced all night

Stayed out so late

We thought we were stars

Closin' down the bars

That champagne was cheap but still I've got that cork

In the back of the bottom drawer

I'm not tryin' to hide these things from the man I love today

But I'm a better woman for him thanks to my yesterdays

So now I try to give more than I take

And I bite my tongue

Fight the urge to say it's my way or no way at all

And now I cherish love a whole lot more 'cos of what's in the back of the bottom drawer