Lyrics

She stood there looking in the mirror That discarded the reflection Of the women she had pictured in her mind And the make-up almost hid the traces Of the wear and tear of life on her face That you could read between the lines About the unfulfilled dream That she spoke to me about friendly As if I were the only friend she had And as I listened to her quietly talk about her life to me Not knowing what to say I felt bad She sang a song with no music and words with no melody Of all the bitter seasons of life She was an unloved daughter An unhappy mother But was left off an unwanted wife Between the pills and the red wine Her metallic conversation left her somewhere Between now and then When the cycle of unhappiness was born in her And reborn like the love that died again and again Said she hadn't wanted much Just someone to love and love her Married too young And no too much very well Had some kids She didn't mean to Didn't know how to rise and love 'em 'Cause she never had Never been raised to love much herself She sang a song with no music and words with no melody Of all the bitter seasons of life She was an unloved daughter An unhappy mother But was left off an unwanted wife And Lord, I felt sorry And I wished I could help her But she said, she couldn't even help herself She'd been too long waiting for the circle to be broken It would just have to break with someone else Said I have to leave for Boston on an early morning flight I guess I'd better get myself to bed I knew I wouldn't sleep away But I left her sipping on that drink She reminded me so much of someone else Who sang a song with no music and words with no melody Of all the bitter seasons of life She was an unloved daughter An unhappy mother But was left off an unwanted wife