You Don’t Care

You tell yourself that you don’t care

About the way she’s cavalier

The way she turns on all her charms

Dancing in another’s arms

Just because you’re never there.

You say it’s just the way it goes

Nights get long and hearts grow cold

You shrug it off like it’s no crime

Tell yourself you’re doing fine

But the truth always follows her home

You could take what’s offered easy

Let the lonely have their way

There’s no shortage of distractions

When you’re alone most every day

But you don’t want the others

You just wanted her to stay.

You could prove you’re not alone

Fill the space with someone new

You could swear it doesn't matter

And you’d know it wasn’t true

But you don’t want the others

You just wanted her to want you.

And you close your eyes and see her there

In his arms—it isn't fair

But she wanted more from this life

Than the lonesome title of a wife

So you lie to yourself again and say

You don’t care