Better Off Today

It was on the tip of her tonguebut she did not say a wordWhy did she sometimes take shitthat she did not deserve?She wore a smile on her faceas a disguiseto hide the tearsin her eyesAnd she just let the time go byShe'd turn awayso that no one could see her sadWhere had the love gonethat they once had?She only criedwhen she was alonewhen her husband and the childrenwere not homeAnd she just let the years go byBut one day she had enoughpacked her thingswent out the doorI've seen the picturesof when she was youngof the happy girl she was beforeShe met the man of her dreamsfell in love and suddenlyshe found herself in a situationshe thought she'd never beBut I (I)I know that shes better off todayAll that timeall those yearsSo little joyand too many tearsAll the sacrificethat she had made for himall the things she'd given upjust to please that manbut now that she is on her ownshe can smile againjust like the happy girlthat she once was(she left a notefor her husband at the phoneit said:i hate your soul and I'm leaving on my own