A Paler Shade of Me Lyrics

I used to think we were the bomb

Walkin' down the street with you on my arm as summer had just begun

Felt like bliss but that was right before the bitter winter hit

And you said you couldn't afford to fall in love so young

I used to think you were both funny and kind

But the way you left me showed you're heart is made of nothin' but stone

They only need you as long as you give them something they ain't got

And if you ain't got that you're gonna walk that lonesome road alone

But now I know

You're only a paler shade of me

And I won't be living in your shadow any more

Because you're only a paler shade of me

I heard you found some guy in the city

Who treated you as mean as you, in the end, treated me

It don't make it any more poetic when he had his way and ditched you

I bet now you're thinkin' 'bout what we might have been

But I can't offer you no hope or consolation

It's up to each and every one of us to find our own way

You made your choice and it's your bed that's turned to ash

Now I got a new girl and our old life seems such a long time away

But now I know

You're only a paler shade of me

And I won't be living in your shadow any more

Because you're only a paler shade of me

Don't let it get you down

I've seen you moping round our town

It's all down to the choice you made

So what good reason you got to frown?

But now I know

You're only a paler shade of me

And I won't be living in your shadow any more

Because you're only a paler shade of me