oldie, but, well, mom likes it at least

A broken heart was all that followed me out the door
That ran down three flights just to beat the elevator
A narrow escape it was, I hardly knew her
But she felt she was intimately mine

She didn't understand, I didn't love her
She didn't qualify to be my girl
She couldn't comprehend my leavin'
But she recognized the gesture when i shut the door

Never in a million years would i'd have thought i'd miss her
But it seemed as if the day had quickly come
Haunted by every second I had wasted
I left the band and bars to find my love

She had to understand, that i loved her
And that she qualified to be my girl
She had to comprehend my sorrows
That drove away my pride for sure

She answered with a baby in her arms
Six days old with eyes just like his mama's
And it was all i could do to keep from cryin
That boy lost his daddy long ago

She didn't understand, that i loved her
I didn't qualify to be her man
I couldn't comprehend the pain i caused her
but i had to recognize the gesture when she shut the door