Don't tell me they all hate me now too
Don't tell me it all comes back to you
The only thing I can think to do
Is to sap some strength
From somebody new
I miss not knowing you so well
You make yourself useful to each one who cries
And then left without you they'll be paralyzed
My self-respect means more to me than you do
Or at least it used to
I wonder what it was I thought that I knew
Did I realize I would never be enough for you?
You ask again what is it that I'm waiting for
That is a stupid question
That is to be sure
You sit there calmly with your eloquence
And I thought the best offence was a good defence
But I keep losing every round
I remember when it all started going down
I remember the beer caught in my throat
And the lonely comfort of my only winter coat
I could tell you exactly when I fell
It was back when I did not know you so well