How

When you left the other night

Without saying goodbye

I remembered all the times

I'd somehow made you cry

Cause I wouldn't show the side

You really loved me for

And I gave just enough

When you needed so much more

So if you wake one night to find yourself

Lost and alone

Please don't think of me

Don't call my name out low

Cause I'm not the man you hoped

Would never let you down

The man you tried to see in me

Is not the one you found

You could break this heart of stone if you tried

You could open it up to show what’s inside

You’re the one who holds the key to the door

Of this heart of stone

You know I knew what you missed

And still could not let go

Of feelings that another man

Would have opened up to show

But the tears you cry won't fall

Upon this shoulder now

Of the man who knew what woulda made you stay

Yet had forgotten how

How to take you in his arms

The way he used to do

To make you laugh

Specially when inside you're feeling blue

How to be your rock by day

Your comfort every night

And to kiss you gently upon each

First ray of morning light

Just try to remember me

As the guy you used to know

Before he’d forgotten how

To let the best he had show

And what you needed most

Became more than he'd allow

Though he still remembered what to give

He had forgotten how

How to take you in his arms (repeat 3rd verse as countermelody)

The way he did before

How to know just what you want

And then give you so much more

How to be the man who only wants to treat his lady right

And to kiss you gently upon each

First ray of morning light

copyright©2008 michael james prue