I asked her what she wanted this year for our anniversary She thought about it long and hard and then she said to me "I? d really like a divorce, think I've finally had enough" I said, "Honey, I wasn't planning on spending quite that much" Well, it's cheaper to keep her than it is to let her go I just can't seem to say goodbye to half of everything I own Well, I am damned if I do and I am damned if I don't Ya, it's cheaper to keep her than it is to let her go She handed me some papers that she wanted me to sign She pulled out a pen and pointed at that dotted line It's not the thought of losing her that really breaks my heart You see I'm in love with all my stuff and that's the hardest part Well, it's cheaper to keep her than it is to let her go I just can't seem to say goodbye to half of everything I own Well, I am damned if I do and I am damned if I don't Well, it's cheaper to keep her than it is to let her go I started thinking about it, adding it up The house, the boat, the car, the truck When I see my attorney gonna kick his butt For talking me out of that damn prenup Well, it's cheaper to keep her than it is to let her go I just can't seem to say goodbye to half of everything I own Well, I am damned if I do and I am damned if I don't Well, it's cheaper to keep her than it is to let her go Ain? t gonna let her go

She makes his coffee she makes his bed She does the laundry she keeps him fed When she was twenty-nine she wore her mother's lace She said, "Forever" with a smile upon her face She does the car-pool she PTAs Doctors and dentists she drives all day When she was twenty-nine she delivered number three And every Christmas card showed a perfect family Everything runs right on time Years of practice and design Spit and polish 'til it shines He thinks he'll keep her Everything is so benign Safest place you'll ever find God forbid you change your mind He thinks he'll keep her She packs his suitcase, she sits and waits With no expression upon her face When she was thirty six she met him at their door She said, I'm sorry I don't love you anymore Everything runs right on time Years of practice and design Spit and polish 'til it shines He thinks he'll keep her Everything is so benign Safest place you'll ever find God forbid you change your mind He thinks he'll keep her For fifteen years she had a job and not one raise in pay Now she's in the typing pool at minimum wage Everything runs right on time Years of practice and design Spit and polish 'til it shines He thinks he'll keep her Everything is so benign The safest place you'll ever find At least until you change your mind He think he'll keep her

You and I both know we're so impossible - whatever I could count the obstacles but I would count forever and ever We know inside our souls that we just want to be together forever But we can't seem to find a way to make it through the weather together And we fight and we cry and we say goodbye And we tell ourselves that this is the last time Battling our hearts trying to stay away - whatever Let's do it again, let's go through it again Let's lie and lie and lie and lie to ourselves Now doesn't that feel better? knowing that it doesn't end right here Let's lie and lie and lie and lie to ourselves Now doesn't that feel better knowing that it doesn't end right here - yeah You and I both know we've tried Like a million times - it's okay Should'a count the reasons why we should try again babe I know inside our hearts from the start There's been a lot of pain, that's okay But maybe we could make it work? let's start today, wat'chu say? And we fight and we cry and we say goodbye And we tell ourselves that this is the last time Battling our hearts trying to stay away - whatever Let's do it again, let's go through it again Let's lie and lie and lie and lie to ourselves Now doesn't that feel better? knowing that it doesn't end right here Let's lie and lie and lie and lie to ourselves Now doesn't that feel better knowing that it doesn't end right here - yeah Hey yo, it's hard to live without you Even harder livin' with ya I paint a portrait of poetry So you could get the picture My confliction is that your love is highly addictive But when there's jealousy, the fantasies seeming restricted And you've always had me in the palm of your hand... grip I break away and then fall for you again... slip And I'm just stuck in a cycle that I can't understand This ain't the first time we've made some plans Let's do it again, let's go through it again Let's lie and lie and lie and lie to ourselves Now doesn't that feel better? knowing that it doesn't end right here Let's lie and lie and lie and lie to ourselves Now doesn't that feel better knowing that it doesn't end right here - yeah

Nobody told me it would be this hard It would hurt this much, that it would break my heart into pieces That I would struggle just to breathe Nobody told me it would bring me to my knees They say love takes time to heal and my heart will go on But I don't think it ever will, like they say in the radio songs I'm a junkie for your love, addicted to your touch I'm tossin' and turnin', I'm sweatin' and burnin' Like I'm coming off of drugs The truth is I'm detoxin' From your love, your love And this aint easy... I'm detoxin' from your love, your love And this aint easy but it's gotta be done Nobody told me I would crave you in my dreams That you would linger in my head And I would have to stay away That it would eat me alive Nobody told me a part of me would die They say love takes time to heal and my heart will go on But I don't think it ever will, like they say in the radio songs I'm a junkie for your love, addicted to your touch I'm tossin' and turnin', I'm sweatin' and burnin' Like I'm coming off of drugs The truth is I'm detoxin' From your love, your love And this aint easy... I'm detoxin' from your love, your love And this aint easy but it's gotta be done

What does it look like in heaven Is it peacful, is it free like they say Does the sun shine bright forever Have your sins and your pain gone away Here on earth it feels like everything, good is missing Since you left And here on earth everythings different There's an emptiness Oh oh I, I hope your dancing in the sky And i hope your singing in the angels choir I hope the angels know what they have I'll bet it's so nice up in heaven since you arrived Now tell me what do you do up in heaven Are your days filled with love and light Is there music, is there art and invention Tell me are you happy, are you more alive Cause here on earth it feels like everything good is missing Since you left And here on earth everythings different There's an emptiness Oh oh I, I hope your dancing in the sky And I hope your singing in the angels choir And I hope the angels know what they have I'll bet it's so nice up in heaven since you arrived Since you've arrived.

Tell me, what does it look like in heaven? Is it peaceful? Is it free like they say? Does the sun shine bright forever? Have your fears and your pain gone away? 'Cause here on Earth it feels like everything Good is missing since you left And here on Earth, everything's different There's an emptiness Oh-oh, I I hope you're dancing in the sky And I hope you're singing in the angel's choir And I hope the angels know what they have I'll bet it's so nice up in Heaven since you arrived So tell me, what do you do up in Heaven? Are your days filled with love and light? Is there music? Is there art and adventure? Tell me are you happy? Are you more alive? 'Cause here on Earth it feels like everything Good is missing since you left And here on Earth everything's different There's an emptiness Oh-oh, I I hope you're dancing in the sky And I hope you're singing in the angel's choir And I hope the angels know what they have I'll bet it's so nice up in Heaven since you arrived Since you arrived (What does it look like in heaven?) Oh, oh (What does it look like in heaven?) Yeah, yeah Oh, oh, oh-oh Oh-oh, oh Oh, oh, I I hope you're dancing in the sky And I hope you're singing in the angel's choir And I hope the angels know what they have I'll bet it's so nice up in Heaven since you arrived Since you arrived (What does it look like in heaven?) (Is it peaceful? Is it free like they say?)

I know I'm my own worst enemy The way I put myself down My words are venomous, they're killing me Slowly they will break me down I don't wanna beat myself up any more That's how we let them win I don't wanna hate myself like I did before I wanna be happy in my skin. So I say it feels so good to be me, I love the way I'm made You'll no longer see me hiding in a masquerade It feels so good to be me, just the way I'm made You'll no longer see me hiding in a masquerade I know I'm a prisoner of myself I'm trapped inside a state of mind they made All our lives we've been told to fix ourselves We criticize and count the things we'd change I don't wanna beat myself up any more That's how we let them win I don't wanna hate myself like I did before I wanna be happy in my skin. So I say it feels so good to be me, I love the way I'm made You'll no longer see me hiding in a masquerade It feels so good to be me, just the way I'm made You'll no longer see me hiding in a masquerade One look in front of the mirror it took Just one look and it was suddenly clear Just one too many tears falling down my face And one too many tears standing in my way So much pressure to be better and enhance ourselves I'm in a war every day against myself So far, I let'em win I couldn't help myself But today I'm taking time to accept myself, you know Our generation's insecure We need more love All of the world Love who you are I know, I know, sometimes it's hard Our generation does deserve to be told we're beautiful Because we are... All over the world So I say it feels so good to be me, I love the way I'm made You'll no longer see me hiding in a masquerade It feels so good to be me, just the way I'm made You'll no longer see me hiding in a masquerade