Nine long months you've spent thinking of me And all the following years Spent between the laughter and tears Self-denial you gave, too good to shout it out loud There's a second love, but blood is thicker than skin For you And the man's done his best with those old-fashioned ways And I know you've tried hard, I can see it in your face If I had of known then what I could have known now I hate to patronize and even more I hate to criticize I must be painfully dull to do what I have done By not showing love to those people that I love But, still you accept what I've done proving time and time again That someday I realize, but by then it's all too late And I'll never be hateful