[Intro]
      

[Verse 1]
             
I know I’m pro

              
bably better o

   
ff on my own
              
Than lovin' a 

         
man who didn’t

 know
              
What he had wh

      
en he had it
             
And I see the 

              
permanent dama

        
ge you did to 

me
              
Never again, I

            
 just wish I c

              
ould forget wh

          
en it was magi

c
            
I wish it wasn

         
’t 4am, standi

ng in the mirr

or
            
Saying to myse

         
lf, you know y

ou had to do i

t

I know the bra

vest thing I e

ver did was ru

n

[Chorus]
             
Sometimes, in 

              
the middle of 

              
the night, I c

    
an feel you ag

ain
            
But I just mis

              
s you, and I j

              
ust wish you w

       
ere a better m

an
       
And I know why

 we had to say

 goodbye
          
Like the back 

of my hand
            
And I just mis

              
s you, and I j

              
ust wish you w

       
ere a better m

an
         
A better man

[Verse 2]
             
I know I’m pro

              
bably better o

   
ff all alone
              
Than needing a

              
 man who could

            
 change his mi

              
nd at any give

  
n minute
              
And it’s alway

     
s on your term

s
              
I’m hanging on

        
 every careles

s word
              
Hoping it migh

       
t turn sweet a

gain
              
Like it was in

       
 the beginning
            
But your jealo

     
usy, I can hea

r it now
            
You’re talking

            
 down to me li

ke I’ll always

 be around
            
You push my lo

              
ve away like i

              
t’s some kind 

          
of loaded gun
         
Boy, you never

 thought I’d r

un

[Chorus]
             
Sometimes, in 

              
the middle of 

              
the night, I c

    
an feel you ag

ain
            
But I just mis

              
s you, and I j

              
ust wish you w

       
ere a better m

an
       
And I know why

 we had to say

 goodbye
          
Like the back 

of my hand
            
And I just mis

              
s you, and I j

              
ust wish you w

       
ere a better m

an
         
A better man
           
    A better m

        
an

[bridge]
            
I hold onto th

              
is pride becau

          
se these days 

it’s all I hav

e
            
And I gave you

              
 my best and w

              
e both know yo

            
u can’t say th


at

You can’t say 

that
              
I wish you wer

     
e a better man
         
I wonder what 

we would’ve be

come
              
If you were a 

 
better man
    
We might still

 be in love
              
If you were a 

 
better man

You would’ve b

een the one
              
If you were a 

 
better man

Yeah, yeah

[Chorus]
             
Sometimes, in 

              
the middle of 

              
the night, I c

    
an feel you ag

ain
            
But I just mis

              
s you, and I j

              
ust wish you w

       
ere a better m

an
       
And I know why

 we had to say

 goodbye
          
Like the back 

of my hand
            
And I just mis

              
s you, and I j

              
ust wish you w

       
ere a better m

an

[Outro]
            
     We might 

              
still be in lo

              
ve, if you wer

     
e a better man
         
Better man