as i wander through this house
where my man became a mouse
i can see how we started so innocently
as i agonize my way through another yesterday
i still don't know how you could have sunk so low

you wouldn't follow me with the rest of them
now i'm by myself
you wouldn't protect me from the rest of them
i'm beside myself and i'm trying to forget

as i wrap up the things we shared
i try to convince myself i never cared
yet i feel that we were the only real thing
when i think back to when we were one
then you accuse me of things i never could've done
and you never confessed of looking for excuses

you wouldn't follow me with the rest of them
now i'm by myself
you wouldn't protect me from the rest of them
i'm beside myself and i'm trying to forget

so i retreat to my family
who showed you endless generosity and yes,
i hear a sigh of disbelief
and i will go on with my life, court another,
maybe gain a wife and i'll try to outgrow
just going through the motions

you wouldn't follow me with the rest of them
now i'm by myself
you will alwasy be a step ahead in the back of my head
while i'm trying to forget
i'm trying to forget you