"Number Two" lyrics

Well, I wonder what you think about
After all these wasted years
I can see your love for him in your eyes
And I can taste it in your tears
Well, I can feel the way you long for him
The way I long for you
And it breaks my pride just to know that I
Am only number two

Number two
Number two

I got music in my achin' soul
I got pills to stop the pain
But I wish that I could walk away
Like a hero in the rain
Lord, you'd be distressed in your rain-soaked dress
To think that I'd leave you
'Cause for half your life, you know, you've been my wife
And I've been number two

Number two
Number two

There are love songs here and love songs there
Now, we've all been in love
But I wonder why so many cry
And say they've had enough
I'm a castoff orphan, a dyin' flame
A stopper of the moon
'Cause I know here inside if I stayed here and tried
I'd still be number two

Number two
Number two

Oh, and I'd still be, still be
Number two
Oh, and I'd still be, and I'd still be, and I'd still be
Number two
Oh, and I'd still be, and I'd still be, and I'd still be
Number two
Oh