The Best Thing You Ever Did

Music and Lyric by David W. Jacobsen
© 2008. All Rights Reserved.

I try not to think of you
I will not say your name
But I want you to know
The things that I became
I haven't looked for you
More than once or twice
But I want you to know
I heeded your advice

You were always saying
You wished that I was more
You were never satisfied
I was merely a detour
And when it ended
I said out loud that night
That I would make it
And I'd do it all for spite

I owe it all to you
All the things I did achieve
The best thing you ever did for me was leave

I do not miss your voice
I do not miss your speech
But sometimes I recall
A petty bitter leach
I do not look for you
Do not try to find
But now I'm winning
And I hear you're far behind

You were always saying
I wasn't good enough
You thought you could do better
An all my hopes you'd snuff
And when you walked out
And swore that you were right
It sent me moving
And I did it all for spite

I owe it all to you
All the things I did achieve
The best thing you ever did for me was leave

And when it ended
I said out loud that night
When you walked out
And swore that you were right
It sent me moving
And I did it all for spite

I owe it all to you
All the things I did achieve
That's how I got here
So much further than you'd believe
I owe it all to you
All the things I did achieve
The best thing you ever did for me was leave.