Shoulda Been There for Me

You shoulda been there for me

You shoulda been there for me

And now you've lost the words to say you're sorry

You shoulda been there for me

You shoulda been there for me

But somehow, little Mama, you didn't know

Sorrow's the sinker but anger is easier

You should have done better

Grief is a mountain we kick instead of mounting it

You should have done better

You hurt me bad without even trying

You make it look easy but the truth is it's over your head

You shoulda been there for me

You shoulda been there for me

And now you've lost the words to say you're sorry

You shoulda been there for me

You shoulda been there for me

But somehow, little Mama, you didn't know

Rage rage rage, blood red vision

Comes in waves like a stone cold killer

I could write a book

On all the parts of me you took

And how you should have known better

Or gather up what's left and write a pretty little hook

Singing, "You should have known better

You'd say I hate this song. It hurts my feelings

And I'd say, That must be hard for you

And the irony would fly over your head

You shoulda been there for me

You shoulda been there for me

And now you've lost the words to say you're sorry

You shoulda been there for me

You shoulda been there for me

But somehow, little Mama

How? Why?

I wish I could say the music is all coming together easily

But the grief and indignation are eating me alive

And the only thing Ive really got going for me's honesty

I mean honestly, I've no other way to write

With your pretty face branded in the back of my mind

How? Why?

The sweetness of your memory

Cuts the bitter of remembering that you

Could have done better

I long lean in close & kiss the corners of the reveries

Of when we were together

But my resentment saves me from heavier feelings

Cause forgiveness means missing you

And missing you only hurts

Forgiveness means missing you

And missing you only hurts