Every time it seems whenever I opened up my heart
Some guy was doing something and tearing me apart
It started oh so long ago when I was seventeen
And I have aged a lifetime, but I’m only twenty-three
I’ve got a little girl with six candles on her cake
I bought it at the grocery store I don’t have time to bake
She’s going to her party in a dress of pure white lace
I love to see her smiling and her oh so perfect face
I’ve struggled through this world they had so many names
The kind of boys who thought that I was just a game
And it doesn’t matter if I loved them
‘Cause now I hate them all the same
I remember my first lover I felt the pain and loved the sweat
The day he left my life I lost my first big bet
I’ve tried and tried so many times to find another love
But deep within my heart there’s not a whole lot left
My girlfriends went off to college and left me here behind
I’m pouring beers and paying rent and stretching every dime
Deep within my soul I long for Valentines
And every other month I fall for some old line
I’ve struggled through this world they had so many names
The kind of boys who thought that I was just a game
And it doesn’t matter if I loved them
‘Cause now I hate them all the same
Every time it seems whenever I opened up my heart
Some guy was doing something and tearing me apart
It started oh so long ago when I was seventeen
And I have aged a lifetime, but I’m only twenty-three
I’ve struggled through this world they had so many names
The kind of boys who thought that I was just a game
And it doesn’t matter if I loved them
‘Cause now I hate them all the same
And it doesn’t matter if I loved them
‘Cause now I hate them all the same
© 2013 Paul Mize
