I thought we would always be together The love we shared was gonna last forever Once I was your one and only Now here I sit, mister lonely He'll hold you tonight, but I won't What's he got that I don't The one thing I thought I'd never lose He's got you

In the silence of my mind I can see our love was just a line To a grasp of air That's nowhere And while I wait for love's embrace My life is but a race Since you're gone now All my light is left to waste I never learned the rule

Now I know, I lost you a long time ago I could have been So many things But it would never be enough for you I was the one You counted on But I was never the one for you If it was all a mistake Then I guess we're both to blame

I told ya I was troubled You know that I'm no good You had to be a nasty girl and try to play me I could forgive the past, but I never forget it I cheated myself Like I knew I would

The fire, the fire still burns Fire, fire, still burns You thought it was gone but the fire goes on And l thought you knew me, l told you before Till l settle the score that I'll never run free L have enough pain and anger in my brain to last many

I was so stupid for letting you go But I, I, I know you're still the one Hey you, you're still the one I know I say it too much But I will never give up And yeah, now I'm back at your door You're lookin' at me unsure I should've seen it before You're all

And now that you're gone I feel I'm to blame yeah I feel I'm to blame I just wish that you spoke up and held out your hand I waited for you but you never came, no you never came I was waiting for you man, right down there by the sea Where we used to

But that was before I met you I thought I was swinging the world by the tail I thought I could never be blue I thought I'd been kissed and I thought I'd been loved I thought I had seen pretty girls in my time I never saw one that I wanted for mine I

Just to see you smile I'd do anything That you wanted me to And all is said and done I'd never count the cost It's worth all that's lost You always had an eye for things that glittered But I was far from bein' made of gold I don't know how but I scraped

Freddie Mae, the girl that I adore Sent me packing in my beat up Ford Told me money was the thing that I lack But I came back in a Cadillac She said, "You'll never be a man of means You don't do nothing for my self esteem" Hurt so bad and fellas I ain't