You didn't have to love me like you did But you did, but you did And I thank you You didn't have to love me like you did But you did, but you did, child And I thank you If you took your love to somewhere else Don't know what it meant to be loved to death You made me feel like I've never felt Kisses so good I had to holler for help You didn't have to squeeze it like you did But you did, but you did And I thank you You didn't have to hold me like you did But you did but you did, girl And I thank you Every day was something new You pull out your bag and your fine to-do You got me trying new things too Just so I can keep up with you You didn't have to love me like you did But you did, but you did, girl And I thank you You didn't have to shake me like you did But you did but you did And I thank you You didn't have to make it like you did But you did but you did And I thank you All of my life I've been so shortchanged Without your love baby, it's a crying shame And now I know what the fellas' talking about When they say that they been doing out I wanna thank you Oh, I wanna thank you I wanna thank you Thank you baby I've! Thank you baby!