DON'T WASTE MY TIME

AFTER YOU'VE GONE

AFTER YOU’VE GONE

What happens to me after you’ve gone?

When such deep silence follows your glorious song

I lie here and ask myself what it was I did wrong

What catastrophe caused such love to be withdrawn?

I thought a love like ours would last a life time and be for ever

That we’d get through no matter how bad the storm or rough the weather

But maybe I put you under too much stress and undue pressure

But at the moment I’m so lost it’s difficult for me to even remember

When I came home all I found was your letter on the table

Which I read while your cruel insensitivity cut me to the navel

In despair I screamed loudly, collapsed to the floor and cried

My dreams now all over, I’d never be your faithful loving bride

How could you deceive me, your love seemed so honest and true

And with each passing day my confidence and trust in you grew

But it was all a fantasy, for you lied to me through and through

And your friends and your family, were they privy, who else knew?

So here I am alone again, destitute of love and deserted by you

With my life interrupted, I must be strong, think wisely and review

So I’m moving on, new life, new me, I’ve shredded your stinking letter

I don’t need lovers or friends like you, oh no, I am a revitalised go getter

I’ve realised, at last, that I want so much more in life than this

And I deserve someone who will treat me a hell of a lot better.