so many years i just suffered through the tearsnnknowing one day i'd wake up wishing i had never met hernnbut as the time goes by my hope keeping playing every daynnas i laugh to myself, 'i just should have known better'nnnnthere's no more laughter as i think about the other girlnnit's a slap in my face as i'm opening her letternnshe's doing fine now with two kids and another mannnas i cry out loud, 'i just should have known better'nnnnshe was the reason i was living every daynni would ride upon a white horse in my quest to try and findnnhernnbut now it's too late, i don't care if i die tonightnncos a voice keeps ringing in my heart, 'i should have knownnnbetter'nnnni learned my lesson this timennlonliness and a broken heartnnshould've known right from the start