Lyrics

IT’S BETTER THIS WAY

Our road to marital bliss
Was cleared by that first long kiss
And paved with good intentions.
Now, we all know where that leads;
All our wants turn into needs -
Dark alleys of dissension.

Our “I dos” became “I dids,”
But for the sake of the kids,
We stayed under the same roof.
For those who may not believe
That it’s easy to deceive,
You and I are living proof ...

… If you can call this living –
Buckets of blame – no forgiving.

We sit here every day;
Watch each other decay;
Lie about it and say
That it’s better this way.

Talking to a big brick wall
Beats talking to you at all -
There just might be an echo.
We can’t seem to sing along;
We’ve tried every style of song,
Alternative to zydeco.

From far away it appears
That we’re in our golden years.
Close up you can see the rust.
Don’t know when it got started.
What we held dear departed.
The first thing to go was trust.

It sure left us in the dust,
And we’re too old to adjust.

We sit here every day;
Watch each other decay;
Lie about it and say
That it’s better this way.

Copyright © 2007 Lex Zaleta