Christine Lavin  "Replaced"  I have been replaced in your life. Why am I surprised?  I'm the one who walked away; you're the one who cried.  Now I hear that you've recovered; I should be relieved.  Instead I hide under the covers at night; I dream in black and white,  Second guess my every move, try not to think of you.  Because I have been replaced in your life, a blow to my pride.  It's been just a couple of months since we were side by side.  Now I see that you go strolling by with someone else,  While I continue on alone heading for parts unknown,  Making solitary plans, braving the storms the best I can.  If it's true that women mourn while men replace,  Who's the stronger? Who's the weaker? Why should it matter in any case?  I have been replaced in your life; the turning of the tides  Has washed away your heartache, opened mine up wide.  Now I feel an old familiar hurt from years ago  And I know I've gone through this before, a different battle, a distant war.  When the odd man out evens the score, it leaves you craving just a little bit   more.  I have been replaced,  I have been replaced,  I have been replaced in your life.  I have been replaced in your life.