She left me

It wasn't like she was beautiful

and neither was she plain

She wasn't tall or skinny

and she could really be a pain

but there was something 'bout her

something in her touch

that set my heart aglow

and I couldn't get enough

We weren't together long

just fifteen years or so

and one day she just left me

but I haven't let her go

I threw away or gave away

almost all of her old stuff

without her it meant nothing

just cotton candy fluff

She left a dog behind her

I never liked that mutt

he whined and shat and demanded food

and wiggled his cute butt

I walked him, and I cared for him

knowing she wouldn't return

and I wondered what we two

might possibly could learn

Not long ago the dog passed 'way

and I miss the stupid mutt

the way he would get underfoot

and wiggle his cute butt

and all that's left is me alone

with no forevermore together

and no space within my soul

for any kind of tether

And yeah, I can smile

and share a little time

with some woman that I met

with some ridiculous line

and have a little fun

faking a smile with my mind

but my heart feels hard as stone

some petrified white lime

I miss her even now

though it was years ago

when she turned her back upon me

and decided she should go

I had her body burned

put the ashes in a vase

and I had the hardest time

crying