This song is on Dan Fogelberg's 1987 album "Exiles" - I have that CD Baby how could I have been so vain Baby how could I have been so blind I tried so hard to make you part of me So full of pride I could not see
straight Oh oh oh oh, how'd it ever get so cold
and mean Baby how did we hold on so long ~~~ Dan Fogelberg ~~~
It has always been known as his divorce album and it took him 2 years to finish writing the songs for it
Dan was married to his first wife Maggie from 1982-1985 and this song is about her
This is a picture of Dan and Maggie
To make you feel like you're the only one to blame
For all these distances and all of this pain
To presuppose that your needs were just like mine
You've been a prisoner for a long long time
'Cause now you run from me
And I will set you free
If that's the way it must be
That every time I looked at you I thought I'd see
Someone that you could never ever be
I thought you'd change if I could only wait
I see the truth now but it's much too late
'Cause now you run from me
And I will set you free
If that's the way it must be
Oh oh oh oh, is there nothing left but silence in between
Oh oh oh oh, how'd it ever get so cold and mean
Oh oh oh oh, is there nothing left but silence in between
To something both of us must have known was wrong
We're either fools or must be terribly strong
'Cause now you run from me
And I will set you free
If that's the way it must be