I Learned That from You
Sara Evans Lyrics

I remember the windows rolled down
I recall a fond memory of driving around with the windows down.

And the wind in my hair
Feeling the wind blowing through my hair made the memory special.

Drivin' around in your Daddy's old Chevy
We were cruising around in a car that belonged to someone important to you.

Like we were goin' somewhere
At the time, we had a sense of optimism about where we were headed in life.

We thought that summer would last us forever
We were living in the moment and enjoying the summer, not realizing that it was fleeting.

And goin' steady was just something you do
We were young and following societal norms about relationships without much thought.

I didn't know much about love
At the time, I didn't have much experience with love or relationships.

I learned that from you
You taught me about love and relationships, and I learned from our time together.

Those were some good times
Looking back, I remember those times as being positive and enjoyable.

But lately they don't seem to last
Nowadays, those times seem fleeting and harder to hold onto in memory.

I guess I'm not nearly as strong
I don't have the same resilience or durability that I used to have.

As the drink in your glass
Alcohol has become a coping mechanism for you, which is something I can't keep up with.

And the nights just get later and I could stay up and wait or
Despite feeling worried and uncertain, I stay up late waiting for you to return.

Just go on to bed like I do
Eventually, I give up waiting and go to bed alone.

I never knew nothin' about lonely
Before you, I didn't understand what it felt like to be lonely.

I learned that from you
Being with you (and now, being without you) has taught me what loneliness truly feels like.

I learned how to kiss on a ferris wheel
With you, I had some exciting and memorable experiences, like kissing on a ferris wheel.

And I made wishes at wishing wells
We took part in age-old traditions, like making wishes at wishing wells, together.

And I fell into that fairy tale too
At one point, I was swept up in the idea that our love story would have a happy ending.

Now I know love ain't so easy
I've learned that true love takes hard work and commitment to endure the difficulties.

But we tried, didn't we baby, but it's alright
We did our best to make our love work, and although it didn't work out, everything is okay.

?Cause some dreams weren't meant to come true
Sometimes, no matter how much we want something to happen, it isn't meant to be.

One night while the whole world was turnin'
At one point, we were in love and the world seemed to be our oyster.

I left you a note
When we went our separate ways, I left you a message to say goodbye.

And I told you that I'd always miss you
Even though we were breaking up, there were things about you that I would miss and always remember fondly.

And then I let you go
I had to move on from our relationship, even if it was difficult.

Now I'm livin' outside of some town I ain't heard of
After our break up, I moved away from everything familiar and started a new life in an unfamiliar place.

And I think about the boy that I knew
I still think about who you were when we were together and how we've both changed since then.

I didn't know we could fall out of love
At one point, it didn't seem possible that our love could falter or fade away.

I learned that from you
Our breakup taught me that even the strongest love can weaken and end over time.