Better By Now

A song was playing on the radio

It could've been written by me

It wasn't really a love song

But then again it might have been

It got me thinking 'bout the two us

And the way we live our lives

When it's good it's good and when it's bad

We sharpen up our little knives

But i know, and you know

That we should know better by now

Yeah you know, and i know

That we should know better by now

There's something special 'bout the way we feel

About ourselves and one another

So much potential in our chemistry

So much that we can still discover

But when little people live inside our minds

Sometimes they take no prisoners

Familiarity can breed contempt

Why do we miss the warning signs

But i know, and you know

That we should know better by now

Yeah you know, and i know

That we should know better by now

Fussing and fighting, you can't take it with you

Too much and too late to search for the truth

Well you and me we share a legacy

We both have baggage to unpack

And nothing in this world is ever free

And we can never go back

But when we sail this ship on stormy seas

Snaps me like a broken arrow

And when we lose the war but win the peace

It puts me on the straight and narrow

But i know, and you know

That we should know better by now

Yeah you know, and i know

That we should know better by now

Better by now, better by now