CCQs

words & music by Michael F. K. Phelan

copyright 2025 TwoThirty Music

Though you say you love me still, you speak words against your will

I can read the real score:  you’re not happy anymore

Every minute that you’re with me your demeanor tells me so

It’s the only thing I know:  I’ll just have to let you go

Long ago you were divine:  heaven was when you were mine

Though today you are, in name, things will never be the same

And I don’t know how I’ve wronged you, but I see it in your eyes
So go out the door and leave; please don’t tell me any lies

I remember when I used to make you feel alright

And I remember how we’d be together every night

But lately you’ve been acting like your mind is somewhere else

And when I look to see what’s wrong, I see myself

So I’ll cut the ties that bind you and me:  a love that’s blind

It’s a shame, I thought I knew all the ways of pleasing you

You’re a beautiful young woman, and I hate to see you go

But I’ve got to set you free:  it’s the only thing I know

I don’t see myself as having changed so very much

But nowadays you turn away each time our bodies touch

That didn’t used to be the case:  you used to hold my hand

And you proudly used to say that I was your man

But today, it’s different now.  Things have changed, and I don’t know how

You’re not happy, I can tell, and I’d rather be in hell.

‘Cause I like to see you smiling, though you haven’t yet today

And I think you never will, until I send you on your way.