Always This Way

I'd like to say that I could've stayed, but

She didn't want me to

I'd like to know if she had to go or

If she made a point to

It's so hard to say

Is it always this way?

Must every heart break

Like a wave on the bay?

Like to think that we're all a link in

What makes the world go 'round

Lately, I wonder if all my pondering

Is taking up too much ground

I make my own way

So at the end of the day

At least I can say

That my debts have been paid

Twenty-five years, nothing to show for it

Nothing of any weight

Twenty-five more, will I never learn from it?

Never learn from my mistakes?

It's too soon to say

Was I always this way?

Well, at the end of the day

My debts have been paid

Now she's gone and I'm all alone, and

She will not be replaced

Stare at the phone, try to carry on, but

I have made my mistake

At the end of the day

At least I can say

I made my own way

And my debts have been paid