Instead Of Me
 
Author(s): M.Chapman/H.Knight
Album: Just A Man (2021)
 
To satisfy your hungry heart
You feed off the weak and the lonely
Well I was lost in the dark
Well I would have been your one and only
The tide has changed the tables turned
Not me, no I'll never be that foolish again

Instead of standing in the rain
Instead of trying in vain, hiding so no-one can see
Instead of heartache and pain instead of losing again
Why don't you find somebody else instead of me
Instead of me baby

Well there's a power play between my heart and my head
Tearing me up every minute that I hesitate
That doesn't mean baby I want you here in my bed
Wrecking my life with every move that you make
Now the tide has changed the tables turned
Not me, no I'll never be that foolish again

Instead of standing in the rain
Instead of trying in vain, hiding so no-one can see
Instead of heartache and pain instead of losing again
Why don't you find somebody else instead of me
Instead of me baby

Desperate and lonely
Are the things I never want to be
So if you really, really think you know me
Stay away, baby stay away, please stay away from me

(Instead of standing in the rain
Instead of trying in vain)
Hiding so no-one can see
Instead of heartache and pain instead of losing again
Why don't you find somebody else instead of me