her birthday came and went without a card or a single i love you on their anniversary she sat all alone at a table set for two she tries her best to please him but she never hears one single word of praise she feels just like a stranger in a home where love has seen its better days well he s taken her for granted god only knows why she keeps hanging on because it s better to be gone but not forgotten than to be forgotten but not gone somehow he can t remember when he s late to even take the time to call and even on the nights he s there she gets the feeling he s not there at all she s become a prisoner in that big old house where sweet love used to be well it s not even over but lord she feels just like a memory 