I know I have to live this life
Without you by my side
I know we'll never even be friends again
And that's OK

Because at least we had
The time already spent
And I can carry your
Oxblood Red bootprints
With me in my heart as long as I wish

And you know that too

Now let me tell you something
You may not already know

I can miss you like it's going to kill me
I can resent you for ever walking into my life at all
And cop an indignant attitude with God
For how it had to be

I can change my mind every 10 minutes
Regarding how I feel
About the way it was fated to end

But one thing, I realize,
Will always be true
The fact that you're still out there
Living, hopefully loving
And maybe even thinking
Of me from time to time...

Well, it makes me wonder why
I ever get lonely in the first place

You may not be right here
But you'll always be somewhere
With a memory of me
Tucked away someplace for safekeeping
And taken out on a rainy night
When you're maybe feeling lonely too
And if maybe I get you through those moments
The way you help me get through mine
Then I didn't love you in vain
And there's nothing lonely about that

06/15/2005