Face to Face
Reba McEntire feat. Linda Davis Lyrics

Oh you don't have blue eyes.
I had a preconception of you with blue eyes

I expected blue eyes.
I thought you'd have blue eyes

That's how I pictured you would be.
I had imagined you with blue eyes in my mind

And you don't have long hair.
I thought you'd have long hair but you don't

I thought you'd have long hair.
I expected to see you with long hair

So this is all a shock to me.
Your appearance is different from what I had imagined and it surprises me

I didn't know if you would meet me.
I was uncertain whether you'd come to meet me

Or believe me.
I didn't know whether you would trust me

When I said that I was fooled.
When I told you that I was cheated, I didn't know if you would believe me

I really thought that I would hate you.
I believed that I would dislike you strongly

I know I meant to.
I had intended to dislike you

There'd only be one of us left when we're through.
I thought either you or I would leave the relationship after it's over

Now that we're face to face.
Now that we are talking in person

And I put myself in your place.
I empathize and try to understand your perspective

I see the truth.
I realize the reality of the situation

I see who's really to blame.
I understand who's responsible for our problems

And I won't play his game.
I won't engage in a manipulative relationship with him or try to get revenge on him

Or try to get even.
I won't try to get back at him

He'll know he's lost watching us leaving.
He'll realize that he lost us when he sees us parting ways

I blamed you, but I see my mistakes.
I held you accountable for our relationship problems, but now I realize it was my mistake

I believe in true love something to be sure of.
I have faith in genuine love, something trustworthy and certain

Isn't that what we deserve.
Don't we both deserve real love?

There's no blame here, we both end up the same here.
Neither of us is at fault, we both end up in the same situation

A little wiser than we were.
We gained experience and wisdom from our struggles

There was a time this would have killed me.
At one time, the problems in our relationship would have been devastating for me

And it may still be.
It's possible that it may still be difficult for me to handle our relationship issues

Hard to look you in the eye.
It's challenging to maintain eye contact with you

And now that all the spells are broken.
Now that all the delusions are cleared

The truth's been spoken.
The reality has been revealed

My heart has the strength to tell him goodbye.
My heart has the courage to break away from him