I Had To Set You Straight

Those words you said to me
I still remember very clear
You always thought you could
Instill into me a lot of fear

There were those times when I
Had to pull you off of cloud nine
Bring your ego down a bit, and
Erase those thoughts from your mind

Somehow I had to set you straight
As to who you were talking to
It wasn’t always easy for me
To get it through to you

Your ego was way too high
Always telling yourself
Then telling me the same thing
That I couldn’t make it be myself

So little did you know
I never do give up
Even when there are days
When life seems way too tough

True, the struggles have been many
Still, I think I have done okay
So, climb down off that cloud
I am regaining what you took away

There were many times when I
Wished I had never left you
Then, I would remember, once again
All the things I had been through

To go through all that, again
I  would never want to do
Even though the struggles are many
I can make it here, without you

7-19-06