Music and Lyrics by Drew Brody
SO YOU’RE WASHING YOUR HANDS OF THE MAN
CAUSE THIS GAME’S NOT THE SAME ONE YOU STARTED?
YOU’VE DONE ALL YOU CAN SO YOUR PACKING YOUR BAGS
AND HE’S OUT WITH THE GARBAGE?
I KNOW JUST WHAT IT’S LIKE TO LOVE SOMEONE
WITH STARS IN HIS EYES AND THE WHOLE WORLD IN FRONT OF HIM
ONLY TO WATCH IT ALL CRASH TO THE GROUND
ELI BET IT ALL THAT THE CHAMP WOULD FALL, HE LOST EVERYTHING –
WE LOST EVERYTHING
EVERYTHING!
I THOUGHT
EDIE USE YOUR HEAD, JUST LEAVE THIS MAN WHOSE LAID YOU SO LOW
BUT I CHOSE INSTEAD TO STAY WITH HIM
TO STAY WITH HIM
I STAYED WITH HIM
CAUSE YOU DON’T LEAVE A GOOD MAN.
INSIDE HE WAS A GOOD MAN.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I LOOK IN HIS EYES AND I FEEL LIKE A
STRANGER’S BESIDE ME
*THERE WILL BE TIMES HE SEEMS OFF ON HIS OWN, ALONE)
IT’S HIS FACE AND HIS HANDS AND HIS ARMS, BUT HIS HEART IS
NOT BEATING INSIDE HIM.
(HE’LL ONLY COME BACK IF YOU LET HIM GO.
I DON’T KNOW –
HOW (NOW) TO BEGIN TO REPAIR THIS.
I’VE TRIED TO EXPECT LESS, AND THINK LESS AND CARE LESS –
(NO, CARE MORE!)
ONLY TO WATCH HIM SINK FURTHER EACH DAY, I GIVE EVERYTHING
YOU GIVE EVERYTHING? YOU GIVE EVERYTHING?
EVERYTHING!
OH, OLIVIA USE YOUR HEAD AND LEAVE THIS MAN WHOSE PAIN IS SO DEEP
BUT YOU CHOOSE INSTEAD TO STAY WITH HIM…
(DO I STAY WITH HIM?)
YOU STAY WITH HIM.
(DO I STAY WITH HIM?)
STAY WITH HIM!
I’M LOSING FAITH!
(FAITH ISN’T SOMETHING YOU LOSE OR YOU FIND, IT’S SOMETHING
YOU CHOOSE EVERY NIGHT IN THE DARK.)
DO I STAY?
(YOU STAY BY HIS SIDE WHEN HE’S DOWN AND YOU KEEP A STRONG FACE
EVEN WHEN YOU ARE FALLING APART)
I’M LOSING THE FIGHT.
(FIGHT FOR HIM! WOMEN FIGHT HARDER EACH DAY FOR THEIR LOVE
THAN A MAN IN THE RING EVER COULD.)
EVEN THOUGH I AM RIGHT, EVEN THOUGH I AM RIGHT!
(IT’S NOT IF HE’S RIGHT OR HE’S WRONG
BUT WHETHER OR NOT HE IS GOOD.)
DO I STAY WITH HIM? DO I STAY WITH HIM? DO I STAY WITH HIM?
AFTER ARI WAS BORN,
I STARTED TO WORK AND WE STRUGGLED FOREVER.
(YOU ARE NOT ME, I AM NOT YOU.)
THE FAMILY WAS TROUBLED AND ALMOST DESTROYED,
BUT I HELD IT TOGETHER.
(WHAT DO I DO?)
AND WHENEVER I WONDER IF I SHOULD HAVE LEFT I REMEMBER
THAT THE HUSBAND I CHOSE IS A GOOD MAN, AND IF EVER HE SINS
HE IS SORRY, TRULY SORRY…
AND THAT’S WHY I STAYED WITH HIM.
(AND THAT’S WHY YOU STAYED WITH HIM.)
AND THAT’S WHY YOU’LL (I’LL) STAY WITH ARI.