a better day
i don't wanna be the one to have to tell you
(but i have to tell you)
i do not want you in my life
if it were as simple just to extricate you
as it is to hate you i would not have to tell you twice
doesn't matter cuz i do not want to know you
(did i ever know you)
sad is what it seems to be
all i know is that i wanted just to be you
not to love or free you and you just wanted to be me
i tried to say goodbye when we were only 17
i tried again at 22 then 25
but you would not release me i guess that's when i got mean
and now you hate me more and more
each day that i'm alive
i don't really care cuz now i see right through you
(you should dig that do you)
that's what you once said to me
so i'm letting go of ties no longer binding
and i find i'm finding i'm not who you thought me to be
now i only see your face in all the magazines
as memories of the real you slip away
i try to no avail each night to see you in my dreams
but when i wake without you there
it's just a better day
i don't really care cuz now i see right through you
(you should dig that do you)
that's what you once said to me
©2005 nell balaban
all rights reserved
music lyrics vocals - me
producer guitars bass etc etc - tim thorney
keyboards - brent barkman
engineer - mike philips
re-mix - adam fair
mastering - noah mintz at lacquer channel