My Absence

Sorry about missing Monday and Tuesday. Our internet went out Saturday night. Charter couldn't come and fix the problem until Tuesday morning. Meanwhile, I caught a nasty, nasty cold and was in no shape to leave the house in search of a coffee house or other internet hotspot. Then, when they finally got the internet up and running, I was out of energy. So, for today, I'm going to put up my second song. It's called:


I Loved You Away From Me

I told you that I loved you. I promised to be true.
I said that I’d be faithful, but then what did you do?
You went and found another, you found another man.
So now I sit here – smiling – it’s going just how I planned.

The first time that I met you, you really rocked my world.
But that was 'fore I realized that you're one messed up girl.
Listening to you whining, hearing you complain.
I swear if you say one more word, I'm gonna go insane.

Chorus:
I loved you away from me.
I had to save my sanity.
Ignoring you didn't cause you to leave,
So I loved you away from me.

I tried to make you leave me, by drinking night and day.
I tried to hurt you deeply, by the things I wouldn't say.
It only brought you closer. You only loved me more.
I had to find a way to love your butt clean out the door.

Chorus:
I loved you away from me.
I had to save my sanity.
Ignoring you didn't cause you to leave,
So I loved you away from me.

That’s when it hit me, that’s when I understood.
That if I truly loved you, I'd lose you for good.
So I did some reading in that Mars and Venus book.
I showed a little tenderness, and that was all it took.

Chorus:
I loved you away from me.
I had to save my sanity.
Ignoring you wouldn’t cause you to leave,
So I loved you away from me.

Originally written on 1/24/2005