he makes his rounds   at every bar he drinks till ten   she used to wait up   and watch him stumble through the door      she'd pick him up lead him down the hall   help him sleep off this alcohol   all the while he'd stutter   out the words he thinks she wants to hear      and the message rings loud and clear      *chorus*-----------------------------------------------------------   wait, don't cry   i swear, i can settle down   wait, don't cry   i swear, i can settle down   *chorus*-----------------------------------------------------------      but he drinks too much she's had enough   this has to end   she dries her eyes packs her bags   and goes to call her only friend      he bangs on window knowcks down the door   in a drunken stupor calls her a whore   she remembers she once fell in love with his voice   but not anymore. no, she's not anymore      *chorus*      we all want to be safe   trying to figure this out   just what became   of our lives      when did we stop trying   to make the best for our children   one's on the way   i bet you didn't know      *chorus* (2x)      all along she's been thinking   we can be friends   but i don't want to be   down that same road again      won't you please let me go   i don't want to be   tied to the last time   we began to grow