About one year later, your daddy was born And your grandma held my hand so tight Oh, I can’t tell the joy as she brought forth new life By the glow of the kerosene light By the glow of the kerosene light He’s the deflated balloon wrapped around your gait Cut priced to clear a past to sell by date He’ll be the fool running through the church, screaming out: It’s not too late When he does, I know that you’ll wait He’s the drunk man with bad breath coming on too strong He’s the beauty queen that strings your heart along And he’ll answer every question in your new-age magazine wrong But I know you’ll love him strong So I'm leaving before there’s nothing to believe in I'm just craving for a love I never knew Please, don’t go mistreating me I'm not saying you’ve been misleading me Just not needing me the way that I need you He’s the elephant in the room that never speaks But you dream about him every two weeks I wouldn’t know his name, but you call it in your sleep Oh, I know you love him deep So run back to him, like you should I guess I always knew that you would For he’s captured your heart in a way I never could So go on and love him good So I'm leaving before there’s nothing to believe in I'm just craving for a love I’ve never knew I'm the stray cat you keep feeding You’re the book I can’t stop reading But the tides are receding, that it’s true So please, don’t go mistreating me I'm not saying you’ve been misleading me Just not needing me the way that I need you Just not needing me the way that I need you