A Ballad from Your Ex

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lyrics

It stretches out across the years I miss you
But here's a song you'll never hear
We shared a different life I was a different guy
Do you ever cross your mind

I wonder who you married what's his name
Is he my opposite or are we quite the same
Does my ghost make him jealous
Or is my ego overzealous

No need to be alarmed, no need to get upset
It's just a ballad to you from your ex
It's just the ballad from your ex

Do your kids know my name
When they ask about your old flame
Am I the tragic hero who rode away
Or the bogyman who died one day

Because my kids want to hear that old news
I'm careful with the words I choose
I glance back and forth between them and my wife
They follow each answer with another why

No need to be alarmed, no need to get upset
It's just a ballad to you from your ex
No need to reply, no need to second guess
It's just a song I'Il never send
It's just a ballad
A ballad from your ex

It's not that I'm unhappy No, I'm really doing fine
If it's not what you'd want to hear that's alright
I know you're out there somewhere cause I'm out there somewhere too
Once in a while I think back when; I think about you

No need to be alarmed, no need to get upset
It's just a ballad to you from your ex
No need to reply, no need to second guess
It's just a song I'Il never send
It's just a ballad
A ballad from your ex

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from A Ballad from Your Ex, released April 19, 2022

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C. James Conrad Thailand

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is my passion,
my regular job
is having been a missionary/teacher in Bangkok,Thailand since 1996.

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