By the Time I Left

You're sayin' I'm the one who should takin' all of the blame for ending what we started on the day you took my name
The facts say that you're right, babe
But the truth says that you're wrong
'Cause by the time I left, you were already gone.

The times I poured my heart out, thinkin' that you cared
Lookin' in your eyes to see you weren't even there.
You say I stopped talking and you felt all alone
That's cause I could see my words were fallin' just like raindrops on a stone.

So you're right I was the one who broke that sacred bond, but the time I left, you were already gone.

All those one and two word answers
when I asked you "What was new?"
All the friends I saw alone 'cause you had something else to do
All the plans I tried to make so it could be just you and me
You said "Maybe later" 'cause there was something on TV
Well it's true I broke my promise to be with you
my whole life long,
But by the time I left, you were already gone.

We were just the perfect couple, that's what everybody said
But they never saw you movin' to the far edge of the bed
We went to all their parties, your smile would always shine
But they weren't there when it turned into the cold, hard look of a prisoner doin' time.

Now you say this whole this has hit you
like a bolt out of the blue
Like the reasons for my leavin' are things you never knew
You say we could've work it out if I had only stayed
But how can you work with someone who's a million miles away

So you're right to say I went away
and left you all alone
But by the time I left, babe, you were already gone
By the time I left, babe, you were already gone.