Maybe I'm the joker
Maybe I'm the fool in your eyes
Maybe I'm the weak one
Maybe I'm a lie in disguise
Maybe I'm angry
'Cause I'm the one who's always wrong
Maybe I'm not the one who's so strong
But did ya think about it?
Did ya pull it in and pull out?
Could you live without me?
Did you ever really have a doubt?
But do you understand it, baby
When you say it's over, it's done?
Maybe I'm not the one

So if you're gonna leave
Yeah, you better get going
'Cause I ain't wasting no more time
What ya did and what ya didn't
So if you're gonna leave
Yeah, you better start running
'Cause I ain't wasting no more time
What it might have been

We can stand on reason
We can fight about all the things
This isn't for forever
This is more than a wedding ring
But do you understand it, baby
When you say it's over, it's done?
Maybe I'm not the one

So if you're gonna leave
Yeah, you better get going
'Cause I ain't wasting no more time
What I did and what I didn't
So if you're gonna leave
Yeah, you better start running
'Cause I ain't wasting no more time

Whoa, did it happen again?
The things that you wanted
For being a friend
How did it happen again?
Just look onward, baby
'Cause some day you might need a friend

So if you're gonna leave
Yeah, you better get going
'Cause I ain't wasting no more time
What we did and what we didn't
So if you're gonna leave
Yeah, you better start running
'Cause I ain't wasting no more time
I ain't wasting no more time
What it might have been


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    tonic is a great band and the lead singer is a great song writer. excellent song.

    leavemealone22on September 13, 2007   Link

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