Better Off Without Me - Rohan Solomon

We had our day in the sun And it was a good day You thought maybe I was the one And I felt the same way But now the walls are crumbling down around us And there ain't nothing to say The incomprehensible is happening You're running away One mistake and you lose all faith in me One bad slip and you end the whole damn trip I'm sensing your frustration And I'm gathering you doubt me If it's any consolation It ain't easy to say, but hey Maybe you're better off without me. You write in indelible ink Words filled with hatred Without ever stopping to think You lose something sacred But you were just reacting to my ignorance I guess I put it there on purpose All you ever asked of me was to be honest Instead I just got nervous One mistake and you lose your faith in me One bad slip and you end the whole damn trip I'm sensing your frustration And I'm gathering you doubt me If it's any consolation It ain't easy to say, but hey Maybe you're better off without me.

Tears stream down your face as you Tell me it's okay but I Know I'm tearing us apart Empty promises I've made Break your heart like hand grenades I can't stay This has to end I can't let you down again Cause you deserve the world But I can never give it Even though it's hard to say I wish you never knew about me Cause I know you're better off without me So go find somebody Who's gonna love you Better than I ever can I wish you never knew about me Cause I know you're better off without me All the words I should have said Selfish me kept in my head Made you feel so hard to love But it was me who wasn't good enough You deserve the world But I can never give it Even though it's hard to say I wish you never knew about me Cause I know you're better off without me So go find somebody Who's gonna love you Better than I ever can I wish you never knew about me Cause I know you're better off without me You're better off I wish you never knew about me Cause I know you're better off without me And loving me is all you've ever known But darling you'd be so much better on your own Cause you deserve the world But I can never give it Even though it's hard to say I wish you never knew about me Cause I know you're better off without me So go find somebody Who's gonna love you Better than I ever can I wish you never knew about me Cause I know you're better off without me

So this is kind of a little anthem here... All my friends are married Every Tom and Dick and Harry You must be strong If you to go it alone Here's to the bachelors And the bowery bums And those who feel that they're the ones That are better off without a wife Chorus: I like to sleep until the crack of noon Midnight howlin' at the moon Goin' out when I wanto And I'm comin' home when I please I don't have to ask permission If I wanna go out fishin' Never have to ask for the keys I never been no Valentino But I had a girl who lived in Reno She left me for a trumpet player But it did'nt get me down He was wanted for assault Though he said it weren't his fault You know the coppers rode him right out of town Chorus They say I'm kinda selfish about my privacy Now as long as I can be with me We get along so well I can't even believe it I love to chew the fat with folks I've been listening to all your dirty jokes I'm so thankful for these friends I do rarely see Chorus Hey I've got this girl I know, man She's been married several times And I don't wanna end up like her I mean, she's been married so many times She's got ricemarks all over her face Yeah, you know the kind...

Hey! (Hey!) Everybody! (Everybody!) All around the world Every boy and girl Taking lessons from me Do The Stupidity My Momma she says it's silly My Poppa says, "you look like a fool" But, baby, I don't mind the criticism Because were doing it every day in school Come along with me See how much fun it can be While watching me, baby Do The Stupidity Oh my Momma she says it's silly My Poppa says I look like a fool But, I don't mind the criticism Because were doing it every day in school Come along with me See how much fun it can be Watch it on TV Oh, baby, thats The Stupidity

The accused will rise To be torn in two Guilty of nothin' but loving you This is the judgement And I'm willin' to plead How you don't want me Hopin' this torment will cease Will I be released? There'll be lies, there'll be tears A jury of your peers With a pitiful look of experience Hand down the judgement And if I done wrong And loved you too long Stand up and just testify How can you deny? Objection overruled I wait for my reprieve With the trust of the deceived The wisdom of the fool It's his sorrowful face Too heavy for his head 'Cos he bowed it as something come over him It was the judgement And he falls to his knees Have mercy on me He clings to the hem of her gown She says: "Just take him down" Just take him down Just take him down

Well I crawled across the desert for you, baby And you said, 'So what?' I bring you diamonds from the diamond mine Find your door shut You treat me like a stepchild Ooh, I am your stepchild Sometimes I wanna turn and run away But my heart just won't let me be You treat me like a stepchild What's a matter with you, baby? Have you lost your point of view? Don't you want no one person Taking advantage of you? You treat me like a stepchild Sure enough treat me like a stepchild Sometimes I wanna turn and run away But my heart says, 'Stay' You treat me like a stepchild I work hard every day and every night for you And I don't even cry I do everything you want me to do And I don't even try You treat me like a stepchild Whoa, you treat me like a stepchild Anything you ask me, you know I'm willing I just sure can't beat Bob Dylan But you still treat me like a stepchild Come on! You make me moan, you make me cry You make me laugh full of joy Sometimes you make me feel like A brand new baby boy But then you treat me like a stepchild I don't know why you do that to me But you treat me - you treat me like a stepchild Well when you're 'round all your other friends You won't let me in You's treat me - you's treat me like a stepchild I work hard for you, baby, every night Come home and treat you right You wanna stay out and listen to ol' Bob Dylan play all night You treat me like a stepchild Why you wanna treat me like a stepchild? Well you're wearing out your shoes Dancing to the blues And you treat me like a stepchild Here we go now! Well I crawled across the desert Just for you, baby And you said, 'So what?' You just wouldn't behave You treat me like a stepchild You treat me just like a stepchild Sometimes I wanna turn and run away But my heart says, 'Stay... Stay, stepchild' I'm your stepchild