I'm Through Trying to Prove My Love to You

I'll take the responsibility for this breakup 'Cause I know I'm a lot responsible for it But I didn't realize what was happening Until it was much too late I thought I was being a good wife Since then, there has been times When I've hated myself for not being woman enough To tell you what was really on my mind Now I realize that was a mistake A mistake I would like to correct now Whoa, I'm through Trying to prove my love to I'm through, baby, yeah Oh, man, I'm through Sometimes, I had to give up the right When I knew I was wrong But I believe I can stand up here today, babe, and face ya On my very own 'Cause I found someone And I think he understands That I know what it really means, what it really means, what it really means To have a real man His daily deeds The things he doesn't say He says, "I'm not trying to take your husband's place "But if I can't help you, I swear, I swear I won't stand in your way" "Tell him, tell him that you're through Trying to prove your love to him Go on, girl, tell the man that you're through right now Trying to prove your love to him" And I gotta do it, baby 'Cause I'm through staying up all night Waiting on you to return I don't think there's a better lesson I have better learned But you'll find out Further on down the road You see, I let you take my heart Man, I just can't let you take my soul It's always happening In so many love affairs Oh, yes, you're so in love today Tomorrow, tomorrow, you just don't care One gets tired Gives up on loving the other Then the other one go running in the streets, running in the streets Trying to find, find it in another, hey Oh, baby I'm through trying to prove my love to you Baby, I'm through, yeah And I don't feel bad about it And in fact, I feel downright good about it 'Cause I know I've done the very best I could in this marriage But I can't stand being around anything or involved in anything Where my best isn't good enough But I know what the problem was I gave you too much love, I smothered you with love Therefore, I smothered the love So that's just as much and even more, my mistake is yours I say "yours" 'cause you let me You loved me 'cause I was loving Yet turned away 'cause I had too much love to give But that's beside the point You found someone And I think I'll be happy with the someone I've found So that leaves nothing but the best for both of us So let us not be upset about it 'Cause we had some good times together Huh, we had some loving times together Let's remember the good times Do you remember the good times? I remember