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Good Man Too Late

(Verse 1)

You used to say I had a wandering mind

Half in the room, the rest out chasing time

I’d nod like I heard you, pour another drink

Yeah, I was there… but I didn’t think

You asked for effort, I gave you space

Like distance was love and silence was grace

You were talking future, I was killing nights

Didn’t see the damage in plain sight

(Pre-Chorus)

You were asking me to show up

I was showing you the door

(Chorus)

Now I’m a good man, but it’s too damn late

Fixed the parts you used to hate

I learned your worth when you walked away

Now I’m everything you needed yesterday

I got sober on the words you said

They still echo in my head

I did the work, I took the weight

Now I’m a good man… just too damn late

(Verse 2)

I don’t touch whiskey the same no more

Don’t slam doors when it gets hard

I listen close when someone speaks

I don’t disappear for weeks

I say what I feel, I stay when it’s rough

Turns out love ain’t that fucking tough

It just takes showing up every day

Something I kept throwing away

(Pre-Chorus)

You were begging me to see you

I was blind by my own pride

(Chorus)

Now I’m a good man, but it’s too damn late

Fixed the parts you used to hate

I learned your worth when you walked away

Now I’m everything you needed yesterday

I got sober on the words you said

They still echo in my head

I did the work, I took the weight

Now I’m a good man… just too damn late

(Bridge — stripped, raw)

I see you now in someone else’s arms

He’s doing right where I did wrong

And it don’t break me like it should

It just proves you were always good

I was the reason, I was the fault

No one left… I just never showed up at all

(Final Chorus — heavier, more weight)

Yeah, I’m a good man, but it’s too damn late

Carrying every choice I made

You found the love I couldn’t give

Now I’m learning how to live with it

I got sober on the words you said

They still echo in my head

I did the work, I took the weight

Now I’m a good man… just too damn late

(Outro — quiet, resigned)

Yeah, I’m a good man now…

But you don’t need me that way