Letra de Back of the bottom drawer

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 ´cause I´m longing to go back
I keep them because I want to stay right where I´m at
I´m reminded of my rights and wrongs
I don´t want to 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 ´98
We danced all night, stayed out so late
We thought we were stars, closing down the bars
That champagne was cheap but still I´ve got that cork
In the back of the bottom drawer

I´m not trying 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
´Cause of what´s
In the back of the bottom drawer