Poorer Than the Day I Met You

Verse 1

When I was poor and homeless,

With no shoulder I could lean upon,

When everyone I loved and trusted

Turned their backs and left me all alone,

You opened up your door to me,

Gave me a clean room and a bed.

You didn’t know my past or story,

But you showed me love instead.

Pre-Chorus

And every passing day revealed

Another reason to love you more.

You touched the heart I had protected

And brought down every wall.

Chorus

I loved you with everything in me,

I stood beside you through it all.

When sickness came and took your strength,

I promised I would never let you fall.

But the one I never thought would hurt me

Broke the heart you helped restore.

After ten long years of loving you,

You put me outside your door.

Verse 2

I had been broken many times

By the people I held dear.

I built my castles to the heavens,

Then watched them disappear.

I gave my life to those I loved,

But they never loved me the same.

Then you came and made me believe

That love was more than pain.

Verse 3

I loved your only daughter

As though she were my own.

When you became too sick and weak,

I never left you alone.

I gave you all the best I had,

I stayed through every trying day.

I promised God and promised myself

I would never walk away.

Chorus

I loved you with everything in me,

I stood beside you through it all.

When sickness came and took your strength,

I promised I would never let you fall.

But the one I never thought would hurt me

Broke the heart you helped restore.

After ten long years of loving you,

You put me outside your door

Verse 4

The little ground you gave me

Was suddenly taken away.

Ten years of dreams we built together

Became a story in one day.

I begged to keep the bed I slept on,

But even that was taken too.

The little food left in the fridge

Was thrown into the dirty sink by you.

Bridge

You left me poorer than you found me,

Poorer than the day we met.

You took away the things we gathered,

But you couldn’t take the love I felt.

I still came to see you in the hospital,

I still brought your food and cared for you.

Even when your people turned against me,

My heart remained faithful and true.

Final Chorus

I loved you with everything in me,

Even when you gave me pain.

I stood beside you in the darkest nights

And asked for nothing in exchange.

But the one I never thought would hurt me

Left me wounded and alone.

After ten long years of loving you,

I found myself without a home.

Outro

You opened your door when I had nothing,

Then closed it after ten long years.

Still, I cannot teach my heart to hate you—

It only knows how to love through tears.

Yes, you left me poorer than you found me,

But my love for you was real.

And though your heart may never change,

Someday, mine will finally heal