Everything for the greater good
And you’re another casualty
Let everything be as it should
But how could this be good for me?
The words we spoke hang in the air
You take off down the high road and for once I don’t care
Chorus:
Could it have been in another life?
Could we have had just another try?
Might have been but I don’t think it matters now
Could we have found a better way,
For me to learn and you to stay?
Might have been but I don’t think it matters now
We don’t choose the hand we’re dealt
But you’ve got something up your sleeve
You think you know what I have felt
And you’re the one who’s right to leave
You’d rather stand out in the storm
But that thin blue jacket and cigarette won’t keep you warm
Chorus
Don’t ask me if I’m happy
Does anybody ever get what they want?
Don’t ask me if I love you
If you only knew, if you only knew,
if you only knew how much
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