Once in a Lifetime

There was a time when I believed

That all your lies would come true

Because I'd signed a piece of paper

And looked up to you

And I believed that I had found someone

To help tell my story

But you pat me on the back

And then you take all the glory

You said, "Young lady, don't you know

Only I made this happen?

Listen, I wrote the words

You only follow a pattern

If you just pick up on the easy

Well, that don't take much pursuing

I got a dog at home who's got the brains

To do what you're doing"

I have waited so long

You won't take this from me

I'm the one that struggled

While you bought your next Mercedes

And you will not finish me

Because I bit the hand that feeds

Okay, so now we wait

Wait for love to call out and to show us the way

Once in a lifetime

Hope that if we hear it, it will call our name

Just once in a lifetime

Now you can shut up if you think

I'm gonna take any more

I spent the money, told the lie

I'd never done that before

And when the truth becomes a rumour

Then you've taken it too far

Why don't you stop and listen?

You know who you are

You have the courage of the spineless

And the taste of a fool

And you need everyone to notice

When you walk into a room

And I've lost count of all your faces

But this is worst of all

You knew that we had nothing

And you let me take the fall

Wait for love to call out and to show us the way

Once in a lifetime

Hope that if we hear it, it will call our name

Just once in a lifetime

You turned the dream into a nightmare

And the love into a hate

And when you told me lies, I compromised

And now it is too late

But if I suffer for my anger