Better Since I Left You [Intro] Stomp on two Clap on the grin Ring came off Peace came in (That’s it) [Harmony1] Ooh — I got out Ah — I got out Sing it simple Sing it loud YES I got my sanity back [Verse1] Used to walk on eggshells in my own kitchen Every spoon had a score and a side Now I leave the radio up too high And nobody reads it as a crime Bad marriage taught me hush and homework How to lose a fight I didn’t start I set the license down like a heavy coat And my shoulders remembered their job [Prechorus] Don’t send the speech Don’t send the past I already chose The quiet at last (Free) [Chorus] I’m better since I left you That’s the whole damn song I’m better since I left you And the house don’t feel wrong I’m better since I left you Got my laugh and my Tuesday back It ain’t bitter, baby It’s a foot-stomp fact (Fact) [Harmony2] Better since I left you Better since I left you Foot-stomp fact Foot-stomp fact [Verse2] Friends said, “Girl, you look less haunted” I said, “Yeah, I retired from the war” He can keep the recliner and the last word I kept the door Grocery store feels like vacation I buy the cereal I was mocked for Sing off-key in the frozen aisle Like a woman who don’t owe a report [Prechorus2] Don’t rewrite the vows Don’t cast me mean I just like my mornings Quiet and clean (Clean) [Chorus2] I’m better since I left you That’s the whole damn song I’m better since I left you And the house don’t feel wrong I’m better since I left you Got my laugh and my Tuesday back It ain’t bitter, baby It’s a foot-stomp fact (Fact) [Harmony3] Better since I left you Better since I left you Got my Tuesday Got my Tuesday [Verse3] Paper said married like it meant forever Paper didn’t hear the nightly grind Love got replaced with a tally sheet I stopped paying that kind Saw his name, I let it sit Like a bill I already paid Thumb didn’t even get the itch That’s a miracle in this trade [Prechorus3] If you’re happy Stay happy I’m just saying I got my life (Mine) [Chorus3] I’m better since I left you That’s the whole damn song I’m better since I left you And the house don’t feel wrong I’m better since I left you Got my laugh and my Tuesday back It ain’t bitter, baby It’s a foot-stomp fact (Fact) [Verse4] People love a bitter breakup number This ain’t that kind of tune This is boots on the porch, coffee black Waving at the moon I didn’t win, I didn’t lose I just quit the extra job Loving you was a full-time sport Leaving you was the better clock [Bridge] Who got the last word? Don’t care Who got the friends? They’ll share Where did the drama go? Not here Not tonight Not my chair Call it selfish Call it grown Call it the best Mistake I owned I ain’t throwing dirt on handsome I’m just glad I went home (Home) [Harmony4] Ooh — glad I went home Ah — glad I went home Sing it with me I ain’t alone [Outro] Better since I left you Still true Better since I left you That’s the news Stomp the myth Clap the peace Let the quiet Do its thing (Peace)
