The Best Offence

Don't tell me they all hate me now too

Don't tell me it all comes back to you

The only thing i can think to do

Is to sap some strength

From somebody new

I miss not knowing you so well

You make yourself useful to each one who cries

And then left without you they'll be paralyzed

My self-respect means more to me than you do

Or at least it used to

I wonder what it was i thought that i knew

Did i realize i would never be enough for you?

You ask again what is it that i'm waiting for

That is a stupid question

That is to be sure

You sit there calmly with your eloquence

And i thought the best offence was a good defence

But i keep losing every round

I remember when it all started going down

I remember the beer caught in my throat

And the lonely comfort of my only winter coat

I could tell you exactly when i fell

It was back when i did not know you so well