Story Behind The Song

I wrote this song the day before I left my ex-wife (the day before Christmas Eve 2005). She didn't know I wrote it. I wrote it in only about 30 minutes. The first time I sung it to a group of friends on Christmas night they said,"I like that", and they sa

Song Description

The song is about a mans failing marriage after only a little over a year. They'd fell in love fast and hard and had a wonderful relationship, but things went downhill jus as quickly after about 6 months. Finally, he decided to leave and he's telling her

Lyrics

You're Not the Woman I Married
chorus
You're not the woman I married, I'm not the man I used to be
All this fussin' and fightin' marr the images we see
No longer good for each other no longer happy and free
You're not the woman I married, I'm not the man I used to be
verse
Courtship was a whirlwind lovers at first sight
Your smile brightened my darkness, your eyes lit up my night
Now all we seem to do is argue fight and disagree
You're not the woman I married, I'm not the man I used to be
bridge
Could God give us a miracle, sooth all our grief
I want the woman I married, and find the man that I used to be
(talking part)
Well, until that day comes, Honey, you know that I can't stay
It's not because I don't love you, there's just no other way
repeat chorus
ending
You're not the woman I married,
You're not the woman I married,
I'm not the man I used to be