You always were the better part of me Open your eyes See through the pain Remember how we used to be Before you let it go Without you I'm half the man I used to be 'Cause all of our wrongs can't be made right Won't you let it go

You can never get the best of me Since I could never fill that hole And I never burned your letters But I think I'll like you better When you get what you deserve Give it some time to sink in Just give me some time to figure it out Just give me some time

And I could be a gentleman, anything you want I’d like to be everything you want Hey girl, let me talk to you If I was your boyfriend, I'd never let you go I keep you on my arm girl, you’d never be alone Yeah, listen If I was your boyfriend, I’d never

Well they encourage your complete cooperation Send you roses when they think you need to smile I can't control myself because I don't know how, And they love me for it honestly, I'll be here for a while So give them blood, blood, gallons of the stuff

I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved Into nightfall And you're not here To get me through it all I let my guard down And then you pulled the rug Now the day bleeds Somebody to have I'm going under and this time I fear there's no one to

I'm wounded by dust Where I've been lately is no concern of yours Who's been touching my skin Who have I been letting Shy and tired-eyed am I today When the bell toll, when the bell gon' chime You better call for your woman up high And when the bell

I'm better as a memory than as your man I move on like a sinner's prayer Letting go like a levee breaks Walk away as if I don't care Learn to shoulder my mistakes I'm built to fade like your favorite song I get reckless when there's no need Laugh as your

You say daddy come home I hope when I get there that it won't be too late We'll just have to wait I'm sending this letter I'll mail it today There's so many things I've been wanting to say Your mom sent some pictures And my how you've grown Rock n' roll

Keep you on my arm girl, you’d never be alone I can be a gentleman, anything you want If I was your boyfriend, I’d never let you go, I’d never let you go I’d like to be everything you want Hey girl, let me talk to you If I was your boyfriend, I'd never

The light behind your eyes If I could be with you tonight I would sing you to sleep Never let them take the light behind your eyes Just remember you will always burn as bright Never fade in the dark So long to all of my friends Every one of them met