the day i found myself

there's probably a lot of you girls out there

hung up on a man and you're caught in that old

familiar way of wanting someone who don't want you

you know

men are full of schemes

and they're masters of getting control of our minds

and making us dependent on them

hmm! well

girls

i was in that weaken boat on trouble waters for years

and believe me

i've been through it all

but this fool got wise

i remember the man i used to love or thought i loved

he used to treat me in any old way

but still i love the ground he walked on

i was blind as a bat

and i couldn't see for looking

and when he left

i thought my world ended

but you know

time soon healed my wounds

and i've found my new beginning

i just wish he was here so i could tell him

as i look back on the day you left me

i felt that love had forsaken me

as time went by

tears began to dry

now i see you never really cared

life is wonderful when love is shared

the day that i lost you that's the day i found myself

your love controlled

but never consoled me

i was in love

but so unhappy

so many nights

i was in the cold

when you left

you opened up the door

to a world i'd never seen before

the day that i lost you that's the day i found myself

i found love with someone who needs me

i'm loving life the way it should be

i gave you love

you only used me

and when you left

you hurt yourself

i found identity with someone else

the day that i lost you that's the day i found myself

now don't you know that you only hurt yourself

i'm so glad you're gone 'cause you made me strong

oh

bless the day you left

'cause that's the day i found myself

the day that i lost you that's the day i found myself

you better believe it

now