Here Today
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[Verse 1]
[I] lay in our bed another night,
wrapped around your pillow tight,
prayin' for the mornin' light,
to bring another busy day.

[Verse 2]
'Cause I just lay here all alone,
starin' at the ceilin' 'til dawn,
thinkin' 'bout where I went wrong,
and a bad choice that took you away.

[Chorus]
I should've seen, I should have known,
to keep the keys, and make you stay.
If I'd had a little backbone,
maybe you'd be here today.

[Verse 3]
Now, loneliness is my closest friend,
somewhere stuck between regret and gin.
I tell myself I'll see you again,
if the devil doesn't get me first.

[Verse 4]
Without a reason, without a rhyme,
no one knows I'm crumblin' inside,
and never see the tears I cry,
and never know how much I hurt.

[Chorus]
'Cause I should've seen, I should have known,
to keep the keys, and make you stay.
If I'd had a little backbone,
maybe you'd be here today ... here today.

[Bridge]
Yeah, they all say I'm takin' it well,
movin' on, movin' on with life.
But how am I supposed to even feel,
knowin' you were drinkin' that night?

[Chorus]
And I should've seen, I should have known,
to keep the keys, and make you stay.
If I'd had a little backbone,
maybe you'd be here today ... here today.

Rick Maines