Before You Came Along

from Life in the Rearview Mirror by Craig Manning

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I'd sit alone in my room on a Saturday night
The TV on and the music playing
Trying to drown out the loneliness with laughter and songs
Back before you came along

Make a dinner on the stove just for myself
And the mixtapes I was making, they weren't for anybody else
Oh, make no mistake girl I was perfectly lonely
Back before you came along

Back before there was you I was on my own
I related to the words of "Like a Rolling Stone"
I was a party of one, I didn't know where I belonged
Back before there was you I was weak, but now I'm strong

Now it's Valentine's Day and I'm driving alone
Ain't nothing but love songs on the radio
Always a girl on my mind but she was never mine
Back before you came along

Now it's Christmastime it's family and wine
And the room starts to spin and snow is falling down outside
It's a damn good party but I've got no one to hold
Back before you came along

Back before there was you I was on my own
I related to the words of "Like a Rolling Stone"
I was a party of one, I didn't know where I belonged
Back before there was you I was weak, but now I'm strong

Now it's New Year's Eve 2009
Last few minutes of the decade
Oh how those 10 years did fly
So we make toasts and resolutions
But at midnight I'll be alone
At least that's what I thought
And that was when you came along

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from Life in the Rearview Mirror, released August 11, 2017

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