Up Until

Up until I found That love card.. not meant for me... That was the moment... I began to see... 16 years of marriage, and I never got a card, Now one I stumbled upon Hidden below some clothes that you recently had doned This was but the beginning of my shocking discovery, One that I'd prayed, Never would I see... Then he called, collect from Attica jail, I picked it up, My luck never to fail, My heart's unravelling, my life"s mirage, Now I truly see... I made a big mistake 16 years before, And married her, Despite her rep as a whore You can't change a leopard's spot And if you cried and tried, Success you will ultimately not, 'Cause people ain't no angels, Certainly you deserve, A shred of self-respect... So leaving home was natural What more can one expect? Your young son's tears and pleading so heartbreaking Your heart shattered so much I say This was the very darkest That my heart has had to pay.