Too late

I finally got the nerve up
To call you on the phone
I dialed your number
Hoping you were alone

I sat patiently
And listened to it ring
Waiting for you to answer
Hoping I could say the right thing

But there was no answer
Just a voice on the phone
A pretty sounding girl
Saying that "we weren't home"

She said to leave a message
And one of you would call
I could not say a word
Because I wanted to hear you after all

I did not want to talk to her
And I was sad to hear her voice
Because no longer was it my words
And I did not have a choice

It used to be me and you
Living in paradise
I have been replaced
And it still cuts me like a knife

I miss the days when it was us
I want to run back to you
But your life is filled with someone else
She is wearing my old shoes

I bet she never takes you for granted
The way that I once did
I bet she is happy with you
The two of you together with her kids

A happy little family
With no room for my memory
I bet my picture is put away
with no further thoughts of me

I cannot believe it is over
After all these years
You once stood by me
And dried all my tears

Finally I need you
You are no longer on the shelf
But when I came to my senses
You were with somebody else

So I will never call again
I see you have moved on
She has taken the place of me
My memory is dead and gone......