These Days (She Says)

It was the softest blow that hurt the most
The sweetest girl that I had known
She struck me down
Now all girls you kissed in vain
The foreign beds in which you lay
It's not quite the same

Those days of silence that broke your heart
The damn cold shoulder tears any man apart
How could he be fearless when it's such a waste of time
If you don't love me anymore with tears in my eyes

But I must've asked a hundred times
The reason I can't sleep tonight
Don't pretend you don't know
Yeah, tonight I write the saddest lines
I'd loved a girl and that's alright, but not anymore

These days, she says
I won't see you in the morning, 'cause I don't want to stay
If you're not coming home at all, why don't you let me know
Because I'll miss you now you're gone

But the Grapes of Wrath, they spoiled your wine
What do you do, you're out of time, it marrs my mind
But yeah, I know all about these things, you've run away
Oh deary me, that's quite shame

But as it stands, all my plans and schemes
The places that they said we'd never get to see
So hand in hand, a better man
Who was pals with all the lads
Took you from my arms

These days, she says
I won't see you in the morning, 'cause I don't want to stay
If you're not coming home at all, why don't you let me know
Because I'll miss you now you're gone