I remember when it all first began, we were tight right from the start
It wasn’t long before you came on strong trying hard to win my heart
I played hard-to-get but I couldn’t help but give up my heart in the end
You were thoughtful, careful not to hurt the relationship

What happened to those days when you used to be compassionate
Caring what I thought and said, so attentive, a gentleman?
Now, it’s hard to turn your head away from the TV set
Taking me for granted lately and frankly it’s gotta quit

CHORUS:
Ooh, I feel underappreciated
Now, girls help me out
If you know what I’m talking about
I said I’m feeling underappreciated
For all the time and effort
I have put in this commitment

Let’s take it back again to the very beginning when our love was something new

But when romance was important, not just another thing to do
I was feeling high on love’s delight, thought I’d never come back down
Now, it seems that you and me have lost our solid ground

After time, I realized I seem to give more than I get
Funny how things seem to change after a few years’ commitment
Used to talk for hours on end of our dreams while we lay in bed
I miss those days when you stayed awake
Now, you roll over and snore instead

CHORUS

I miss the nice massages
The long phone calls and the
Way you talked how it’d turn me on
Miss the bubble baths, had the sweetest laughs
I’m needin’ those days back

CHORUS (2x)

Once upon a time there was a girl
In her early years she had to learn
How to grow up living in a war that she called home
Never know just where to turn for shelter from the storm
Hurt me to see the pain across my mother’s face
Everytime my father’s fist would put her in her place
Hearing all the yelling I would cry up in my room
Hoping it would be over soon

Bruises fade father, but the pain remains the same
And I still remember how you kept me so afraid
Strength is my mother for all the love she gave
Every morning that I wake I look back to yesterday
And I’m OK

I often wonder why I carry all this guilt
When it’s you that helped me put up all these walls I’ve built
Shadows stir at night through a crack in the door
The echo of a broken child screaming “please no more”

Daddy, don’t you understand the damage you have done
To you it’s just a memory, but for me it still lives on

Bruises fade father, but the pain remains the same
And I still remember how you kept me so, so afraid
Strength is my mother for all the love she gave
Every morning that I wake I look back to yesterday

It’s not so easy to forget
All the lines you left along her neck
When I was thrown against cold stairs
And every day I’m afraid to come home
In fear of what I might see there

Bruises fade father but the pain remains the same
And I still remember how you kept me so afraid
Strength is my mother for all the love you gave
Every morning that I wake I look back to yesterday
And I’m OK
I’m OK

When they push, when they pull, tell me, can you hold on?
When they say you should change, can you lift your head high and stay strong?
Will you give up, give in, when your heart’s crying out that it’s wrong?
Will you love you for you at the end of it all?

In life, there’s gonna be times when you’re feeling low
And in your mind, insecurities seems to take control
We start to look outside ourselves for acceptance and approval
We keep forgetting that the one thing we should know is

CHORUS:
Don’t be scared to fly alone, find a path that is your own
Love will open every door it’s in your hands, the world is yours
Don’t hold back and always know all the answers will unfold
What are you waiting for, spread your wings and soar

The boy who wonders is he good enough for them,
Keeps tryin’ to please ‘em all but he just never seems to fit in
Then there’s the girl who thinks she’ll never ever be good enough for him,
Keeps tryin’ to change and that’s a game she’ll never win

Now, in life, there’s gonna be times when you’re feeling low
And in your mind, insecurities seem to take control
We start to look outside ourselves for acceptance and approval
We keep forgetting that the one thing we should know is

CHORUS

In the mirror is where she comes face to face with her fears
Her own reflection now foreign to her after all these years
All of her life she has tried to be something besides herself
Now, time has passed and she’s ended up someone else with regret

What is it in us that makes us feel the need to keep pretending?
Gotta let ourselves be

CHORUS (2x)

SPOKEN:
So, what’re you waiting for?

I’m leavin’ today
Livin’ it, leavin’ it to change

Slowly drifting into a peaceful breeze
Tongue-tied and twisted are all my memories
Celebrating a fantasy come true
Packing all my bags, finally on the move

And I’m leavin’ today
I’m livin’ it, I’m leavin’ it to change

As I’m driving, I’m captured by the view
So much beauty the road becomes my muse
The heat is rising and my hand surfs through the wind
Cool, calm, collected is the child that lies within
See

I’m leavin’ today
I’m livin’ it, oh, I’m leavin’ it to change
I’m leavin’ today
I’m livin’ it, oh, I’m leavin’ it to change

But somehow, I miss it, I think I’ll really miss it one day
I turn up the radio and I’m feeling like I’ve never felt before
Turn down the memories of yesteryears and broken dreams I bring
Finally free
Slowly drifting into a peaceful breeze

I’m leavin’ today
I’m livin’ it, leavin’ it to change
(3x)

But somehow, I miss it
I think I’ll really miss it
One day

I can’t believe what you did to me
Down on my knees and I need to break free
All these years, you violated me (violated me)
I don’t know why I can’t feel inside
I try to hide, can’t make it alright, it’s overkill
Now, I’m ready to fight (I’m ready to fight)
I don’t need nobody tryin’ to make me over (don’t make me over)
I just want to live simple and free

I just want to get away
Savin’ all your bullshit for another day

Feeling confined like I’m bein’ force fed
My visions blurry and I’m lost in regrets
It’s overload and I’m outta control (outta control)
So sick and tired of bein’ so misused (so misused)
You’re taking me down with all your mental abuse
And I said, I gotta get you outta my head
Everybody’s always trying to look me over (don’t look me over)
I just wanna live simple and free

I just want to get away
Savin’ all your bullshit for another day
I’m the only one that can rescue me from me

Leaving the house around quarter to five
Zipped up my boots and I’m ready to ride
And I feel so high, I feel so alive
Let down my hair, feel the wind on my skin
Crossin’ the border where my new life begins
And I close my eyes and take it all in
I don’t need nobody tryin’ to make me over (don’t make me over)
I just want to live simple and free

I just want to get away
Savin’ all your bullshit for another day
I’m the only one that can rescue me from me
(2x)

You wanna break me down
You wanna break me down
You wanna break me down
You wanna break me down