GOODBYE BABY

GOODBYE BABY

You knew I wasn't free from the first day we met.

You knew that what you could see is what you would get.

Why did you have to make me love you, why didn't you just let me be?

Why did you steal my heart just to set me free?

To get through this life I try to live by the golden rule.

When it comes to how to treat other people, it's the greatest tool.

I would have never done to you what you did to me, because it just wasn't right.

I didn't even know there was anything wrong, hell; we didn't even have a fight.

I know now, my love wasn't what you needed.

If you felt anything for me, that's not the way I would have been treated.

You wouldn't have gone anywhere, you would have stayed.

The more I think about it, the more I think I got played.

You said what you wanted I couldn't give, that there was more that you would need.

I wonder if to make someone else's love blossom, that I was the seed.

Was I there until someone better came along to steal your heart?

Or was there someone else that you wanted from the very start?

If you cared you would have talked to me and told me you wanted more.

You wouldn't have just walked away and forever shut the door.

I've learned to always treat the one you love like someone is trying to take them away.

One day they could be gone, and there would be things you wish you had time to say.

I see you've found the love that was meant just for you.

Now I see you've finally found that love that is oh so true.

Now that I've opened my eyes, there are things that I can see.

Now I know there never was a place in your life for me.

I don't usually stay where I'm not wanted and you've proved that to be the case.

I know you don't love me because you've moved on to another place.

Because I love you, I want what's best for you, I hope you do know.

The best thing for you is for me to just disappear, so it's time for me to go.

I really do wish you the best from the bottom of my heart.

And if this is the love you want for the rest of your life, I hope you never part.

But no matter how much time passes, wherever you go and whatever you do,

Just remember that out there somewhere there's an old fool still in love with you.

STANLEY HENDRIX

11/11/09

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