She Used To Be Mine

It's not simple to say
That most days I don't recognize me
That these shoes and this apron
That place and it's patrons
Have taken more than I gave them

It's not easy to know
I'm not anything like I used to be
Although it's true I was never attention's sweet center
But I still remember that girl

She's imperfect but she tries
She is good but she lies
She is hard on herself
She is broken and won't ask for help
She is messy but she's kind
She is lonely, most of the time

She is all of this mixed up and baked in a beautiful pie
She is gone, but she used to be mine

It's not what I asked for
Sometimes life
Just slips in through a backdoor
And carves out a person and makes you believe it's all true
And now I've got you
You're not what I asked for
If I'm honest I know, I would give it all back for a chance to start over and rewrite an ending or two
For that girl that I knew

Who was reckless, just enough
Who gets hurt
But who learns how to toughen up when she's bruised
And gets used by a man who can't love
And then she'll get stuck
And be scared, of the life that's inside her getting stronger each day
'til it finally reminds her
To fight just a little
To bring back the fire in her eyes

That's been gone
But it used to be mine
Oh it used to be mine

She is messy
But she's kind
She is lonely
Most of the time
She is all of this mixed up and baked in a beautiful pie

She is gone
But she used to be
Mine