This Stranger In My Heart

I’m here to justify

All the boys and men

Who cunningly lied through

Their teeth saying

“I love you”

Maybe they thought it was true

Maybe they felt it in their heart

But when a prettier woman came along

When a curvier

Skinnier!

More normal woman came along

He forgot your face

He forgot your place

In his heart if you ever had one

Now you’ve never felt so alone

Loneliness has always been knocking at your window

But it never got through

Until now

Like a thief in the night

Coming to steal the love you once shared with that man

That stranger

Who forgot your face

Forgot your place

…but that’s just it

He never knew your face

You never had a place

In his heart

I’m here to justify

All the boys and men

Who cunningly lied through

Their teeth saying

“I love you”

Maybe they thought it was true

But honey, we both know

Love like this ain’t nothin’ new

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