I messed up many years ago, and co-wrote this song with two separate people. This version with Ronnie Jeffrey. And The Shape I’m In with Bob Clay. Thankfully, that’s the only time (so far) I’ve done that.

I like happy stories
Cause it’s not that way for me
I like happy endings
But they just aren’t meant to be

Give me skies full of sunshine
Cause I’ve been out in the rain
Give me back my yesterdays
So I’ll be with you again

Chorus:
I try to tell myself
That you’ll come crawling back
But that is just a lie
It ain’t gonna be like that
I try hard to pretend
Things aren’t as bad as this
But deep inside I know
That just ain’t how it is

When I see your photographs
Everything is much clearer
How could I trade those smiles
For the frown in my mirror

If only I’d tried harder
To return the love you gave
If I’d showed you how I feel
Maybe you would have stayed

Chorus:
I try to tell myself
That you’ll come crawling back
But that is just a lie
It ain’t gonna be like that
I try hard to pretend
Things aren’t as bad as this
But deep inside I know
That just ain’t how it is

Bridge:
I’ve got to face the hard cold facts
And stop kidding myself
The arms that are holding you now
Belong to someone else
You needed love I didn’t give
And there can be no doubt
I’ve got no one to blame but me
For the shape I’m in now

Chorus:
I try to tell myself
That you’ll come crawling back
But that is just a lie
It ain’t gonna be like that
I try hard to pretend
Things aren’t as bad as this
But deep inside I know
That just ain’t how it is

© Kent Newsome and Ronnie Jeffrey