Learned to run
Just by watching father
Held my tongue
And he said I should
Darling I went to bed in the early hours
Played along played along the best I could

I learned to cry
Before I knew what fear was
Learned to bite
Before my teeth grew in
Darling I looked away when I wasn't wanted
Played along played along the best I could
Played along played along the best I could

In better days
I believe, I believe in the words I sing aloud
I would call them out when I first wrote them down
And I don't second guess what I learned along the way
Somehow just the same
In better days
I don't have to live up to the legends in my past
I recall when I lost
It'll never happen again
I just try to take it all like a woman twice my age
In better days, in better days

Learned to kiss
Like they do in movies
I learned to flirt
Before I spoke a word
Darling I learned to laugh
Even when I hated
Played along, played along the best I could

Every night I played that same old record
Every day i danced that same old dance
Singing "though there are clouds in the sky Ill get by
If I smile, if I smile the best I can
If I smile, if I smile the best I can"

In better days
I believe, I believe in the words I sing aloud
I would call them out when I first wrote them down
And I don't second guess what I learned along the way
Somehow just the same
In better days
I don't have to live up to the legends in my past
I recall when I lost
It'll never happen again
I just try to take it all like a woman twice my age
In better days, in better days