Stranglehold days    wear you away    pacing holes in linoleum   stuck in a rut    still love him too much   hard to believe    how far down you have come      Bottle to glass    Glass to your mouth   A ritual you've grown   accustomed to these days   Windows no lights    alone in a room   The afternoon sun abandons you      You're frozen stuck in the past   'cause nothing good seems to last   You broke down somewhere along   'Cause nothing good lasts very long.      Your children all raised   no one to tend   You burned all the bridges   with all of your friends who   Stood by your side    in sorrow and hate   You've driven them    driven them all away      You're frozen stuck in the past   'Cause nothing good seems to last   Afraid you'll fade till you're gone   'Cause nothing good lasts very long      You make the worst    of everything you   Childhood dreams that never came   Still can't accept    he up and left you   Wedding vows still remember the day      Your children raised   no one to listen   Pull the drapes shutting out the sun   You pour yourself - yourself another   While the out - the outside world   moves on leaving you behind      Looping it inside your head   'til it becomes frayed   Stuck in a rut    minutes turn hours into days