I loved you better It's plain to see I loved you better Ooh, I've seen you around, I saw her too So good that you found something new She knows just how to give and to get it back She's got it all except the one thing I had then I loved you better It's plain to see I loved you better Ooh, used to wonder how much you cried Couldn't care less now if I tried 'Cause she's got everything, all a girl could be Except the one thing I had going for me Let me tell you about it You see When you left every night for weeks and weeks I counted tears instead of sheep But that was then, and this is now And one day soon you'll find out how Just how much that I was worth And which of us you really hurt ♪ I loved you better It's plain to see I loved you better You see A black cat must have crossed my path On the day you turned your back 'Cause it turns out you set me free And that's the way a girl should be I promise one day soon you'll come to know That no one else came even close