Staring down these days
Forcing smiles to shine
Through all the haze

Living on but stuck within
Keeping eyes on the path
Of where I’ve been

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Looking back
Looking back
Seems all I’ve been doing is looking back
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Wiping tears born of sense
For what went down
There is no defense

Ripped it out by the root
All that we were
Has been made moot

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Looking back
Looking back
Seems all I’ve been doing is looking back

Missing this
Missing that
Why was it better than where I’m at
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It takes time to realize
It all comes down to one simple fact
If you had been worthy of me
I would never be here looking back

So goodbye to that
And all that's you
The pain is better
Because it’s true

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Looking back
Looking back
Seems all I’ve been doing is looking back

Missing this
Missing that
It was never better than where I’m at
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Staring down future days
For it all on my knees
I give praise

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Looking back
Looking back
I’m pushing forward no more looking back

Looking back
Goodbye to that
I am better off right where I’m at
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Better off
Right where I’m at
(And where I’ll be)
Better off
Right where I’m at
(And where I’ll be)
Looking back
Goodbye to that
I am better off right where I’m at

And where I’ll be….

“Better Off”
J. Brian Terry
6/28/09