Little Big Town

Better Man

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I know I'm probably better off on my own
Than loving a man who didn't know what he had when he had it
And I see the permanent damage you did to me
Never again, I just wish I could forget when it was magic

I wish it wasn't 4am,
I'm standing in the mirror saying to myself
You know you had to do it,
I know, the bravest thing I ever did was run

Sometimes in the middle of the night, I can feel you walk in
But I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man
And I know why we had to say goodbye like the back of my hand
And I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man, a better man

I know I'm probably better off all alone
Than needing a man who could change his mind at any given minute
And it's always on your terms,I'm hanging on every careless word
Hoping it might turn sweet again like it was in the beginning

But your jealousy, I can hear it now,
You're talking down to me like I'll always be around
You pushed my love away like it's some kinda loaded gun
Boy, you never thought I'd run

Sometimes in the middle of the night, I can feel you walk in
And I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man
And I know why we had to say goodbye like the back of my hand
And I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man,
A better man, a better man

I hold on to this pride, 'cause these days it's all I have
And I gave you my best and we both know you can't say that
You can't say that

I wish you were a better man, I wonder what we would've become
If you were a better man, we might still be in love
If you were a better man, you would've been the one
If you were a better man, yeah yeah

We might still be in love if you were a better man, a better man

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aj96 On Nov 03, 2016

I wish it wasn't 4am, 
I'm standing in the mirror saying to myself
You know you had to do it, 
I know, the bravest thing I ever did was run

But your jealousy, I can hear it now, 
You're talking down to me like I'll always be around
You pushed my love away like it's some kinda loaded gun
Boy, you never thought I'd run

I hold on to this pride, 'cause these days it's all I have
And I gave you my best and we both know you can't say that
You can't say that

We might still be in love if you were a better man, a better man

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by Jaywenz

3y ago

I relate to this so much.

I was in a relationship for a little under a year and I was head over heels. He wasn’t rich, he didn’t have a good job, he had a shitty car, I didn’t give one f$@&. I wanted him and I til the end.

But he would always question me. Where I was going, who I was hanging out with, that I was cheating on him. And it’s so strange to be so sure about someone and they couldn’t see that. He said so many hurtful things I will never ever forget. He always would apologize, but the more times I tried, the quicker the cycle would repeat itself. I had to leave. And it was the hardest thing I’d ever done. I still love and miss this person, but he will never be able to love me the way I loved him.

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