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Ballad of a jilted man

from Little of a Romeo by Eric Devries

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Ballad of a Jilted Man
I have cried before but never like this
I have experienced heartache and bliss
But it all seems like nothing compared to what now
I have to get over and live with somehow

You’ve made me feel bitter and I don’t want to be
I don’t want to feel life is bigger than me
And that love will always out of my reach
And you’d be just another one of my defeats

I’ve no intention to hold it against you
But I need a release from all this tension
You say it’s my fault, it’s all within me
but I can make it your burden if I want it to be

I’m just gonna have to find a way to get back at you
I love you like crazy but I just can’t let you
leave without doing anything about it
It takes a much bigger man than me to allow it

So I’m gonna leave you with a scar on your heart
and where ever you go it’ll set you apart
If anyone should ask you what’s your pain
you will have to live it over again and again

I’ll get me some rope and find a big old tree
And I’ll make sure you won’t forget about me
If our love wasn’t anything worth living for
Than me dying would surely mean a whole lot more

Oh maybe it’s all just as well
I never really loved you like I love myself
I ain’t crying and I sure as hell
Am not going to, so fare thee well

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from Little of a Romeo, released January 1, 2003
Eric Devries : vocal, acoustic guitar, mandoline, electric guitar
BJ Baartmans : electric guitar (end leadsolo)
Serge Suikerbuik : bass
Stephan van der Meiden : drums, piano, organ

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