Once a month

Verse 1

You call me once a month like clockwork

Same old number, same old nerve

Ain’t to ask me how I’m holding up

It’s just “Hey babe, can you help me out?”

Funny how your love needs airtime

Funny how it always costs

I hear from you when you’re running low

But never when I’m running on empty

Pre-Chorus

You talk me down behind my back

Paint me up like I’m the bad guy

Then you send your mama swinging

Every time you don’t get your way

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Chorus

Don’t preach to me about loyalty

When you don’t know what it means

I work all day, go home, repeat

But you swear I’m living some wild dream

I pay for the phone you never use

So tell me, boy, who’s talking to you?

‘Cause it sure ain’t me

Once a month don’t make a man

It just made me finally see

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Verse 2

I don’t go out, I don’t go missing

I don’t leave town, I don’t lie

It’s work boots, bills, and early mornings

While you stay suspicious from miles away

You don’t call your kid, don’t call your mom

But my name’s still on your tongue

If I’m not the voice you’re dialing late

Then tell me why my gut feels right

Pre-Chorus

You push my lines, ignore my no’s

Then get mad when I stand my ground

Try to guilt me into crossing lines

Then blame me when I don’t come around

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Chorus

Don’t preach to me about loyalty

When you don’t know what it means

I work all day, go home, repeat

But you swear I’m living some wild dream

I pay for the phone you never use

So tell me, boy, who’s talking to you?

‘Cause it sure ain’t me

Once a month don’t make a man

It just made me finally see

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Bridge (half-time, emotional)

Three damn years I took the hits

While you watched from the sidelines

Your mama throwing words like knives

And you said, “Just let it slide”

A real man stands up when it’s ugly

A real man don’t look away

You told me to get over it

So I got over you instead

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Final Chorus (bigger, brighter)

Don’t preach to me about loyalty

I learned that lesson on my own

I held this house up on my back

While you called it love from your phone

You wanted control, not partnership

A check, not a heart, not truth

Once a month don’t make a man

But it made a stronger me without you

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Outro

So keep my name out your mouth

And my money out your plans

Once a month don’t make a man

It just proves…

I finally am.