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Letting Go

I love you, you said
 So we didn't get out of bed
 Marry me you said
 And it went straight to my head
 Funny I thought how the words were true
 Silly of me to really love you
 A game that you played 
 And oh, I would have stayed
 To hurt and to cry
 Only every night
 But I didn't know love
 Wasn't really supposed to hurt 
 I didn't know you 
 And that is more true
 But I made a life inside
 And lived with it not being so right
 And when you told me to leave
 You cried in my arms, I begged you please
 Don't let me go, 
 From the only thing i did know
 But you made me face the world alone
 With a new baby in my arms
 And I didn't know why
 All the times you would spy
 Wanting us from afar
 But not giving us your heart
 And now I've moved on, yet here you are
 I have to say he's my shining star
 Where have you been, I no longer care
 Of dreams lost and memories shared
 I still don't know you, I can laugh in your face
 And love the one who has taken your place
 So go away, it's been years too late
 Who are you to mess with my fate
Who are you to say where is my son
 Is he smart, is he funny, is he the one
 To make it to the top of every mountain
 Every limb, tell me all about him
 And I say oh, yes, all of the above
 But it wasn't you that showed him all the love
 Where were you the nights he cried
 From fevers, sick, up all night
 When he laughed, when he fell
 Learned to count, and broke out of his shell
 It was someone that stepped on your plate
 Someone who will stay up late
 If he needs to talk, can't sleep
 Helps with the homework, helps him believe
 He is all that he is, and only more
 Shows him options, and to open every door
 Of life, of love, of hope, of trust
 So sit back and watch if you must
 But don't say you're sorry, don't say you're wrong
 That it should've been you all along
 Because I made it happen I make us see
 There is no other, no one like him or like me

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