The Nice Guy

Another case of the nice guy losing in the end,
always & only considered a friend
The girls, time after time and again,
end up choosing the jerks to date
The ones their fathers instantly hate
The ones who bring her home late
without as much as an apology
And it sounds as if that is just the way it is...
Like that thing called fate
That is how it has gone, to date;
only it shouldn't be this way... anymore.

Some guy gives her the once over and suddenly she's all his
At first she feels special,
but in the end who is the one that she missed?
Who does she come looking for? That's right, the nice guy.
Who is only a friend, who was so easily overlooked in the past
(and the girls, sadly, continue to let him pass.)

She fails to see the great guy sitting right in front of her feet
Almost as if she has been put under some kind of a spell--
Suddenly, he becomes her everything;
she becomes enchained so easily and so well
She's caught up with her jerk weed boyfriend exceedingly so...
She ignores the fact that this guy, her friend,
how much compassion he has shown,
and how comforting is his hold
With a listening, sympathy giving ear...
He's always been there
He wants to help her, heal her heart-sores,
but some things are too hard to endure...
He wants to stop listening for his own heart aches
And she has no idea... about anything
Awfully hard to hearten while his own heart throbs
in such pain and longing.

He is the one she should be pining for
He is not going to treat her like trash, as did many before
He is going to treat her like she has worth
and give her some peace.
Respectful, truthful, loving, yes, always is he.
But never does she realize this until it is too late
and even then...

She is so oblivious to her poor male friend who, yes,
is still right in front of her face...
If only her eyes would open,
then she would see what wonder
she has been missing!