While driving home from work yesterday, I heard an old song from my past. It brought tears to my eyes because I remembered where I was during that time in my life. I'd been dating for years and years and years and had been lied to, among other things, by quite a few men. Not little, white lies, but honking voluminous change-your-life kind of lies. Right before I met Mike, I'd decided to stop dating again for awhile because the heart can only take so much pain y'know? He was the last man I was to meet before hanging it up again. I found in him what this song is talking about. Thank you, Mike, for standing by me and being so different from so many men of my past.
He left me cryin' late one Sunday night outside of Boulder
He said he had to find himself out on the road
I guess when love goes wrong
You've gotta learn to be strong
So I worked two jobs and I moved three times
I ended up south of Memphis, workin' down in Riverside
I may not be so lucky in love
But the one thing I'm sure of
I want a man that stands beside me
Not in front of or behind me
Give me two arms that want to hold me, not own me
And I'll give all the love in my heart
Stand beside me
Be true, don't tell lies to me
I'm not lookin' for a fantasy
I want a man who stands beside me
I didn't expect to see him, one hot July morning
His hair was longer but his eyes were the same old blue
He said, "I've missed you for so long
Oh baby, what can I do?"
I said, "I want a man that stands beside me
Not in front of or behind me
Give me two arms that want to hold me, not own me
And I'll give all the love in my heart"
Oh, it's hard to tell him, "No"
When I want him so bad
But I've got to be true to my heart
This time
I'm not looking for a fantasy
I want a man who stands beside me
I want a man who stands beside me
Stand beside me
Stand beside me
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