it was on the tip of her tounge but she didn't say a word
why did she sometimes take shit that she did not deserve
she wore a smile on her face as a disguise
to hide the tears in her eyes
and she just let the time go by

she turned away so that no one would see her sad
where had the love gone that they once had
she only cried when she was alone
when her husband and the children were not home
and she just let the years go by

but one day she'd had enoughpacked her things, went out the door
I've seen the pictures if when she was young
of the happy girl she was before
she met the man of her dreams
fell in love an suddenly
she found herself in a situation
she thought she'd never be
but I know that she's better off today

all that time, all those years
so little joy and too many tears
all the sacrifices had made for him
all he things she'd given up just to please that man
but now that she is on her own
she can smile again
just like that happy girl she once was