All you had to do was stay (Hey hey hey) Had me in the palm of your hand Then, why'd you had to go and lock me out when I let you in Stay, hey, now you say you want it Back now that it's just too late Well could've been easy Stay, hey, all you had to do

Never held me in my darkest hours Once we were made like towers Everything could've been ours Nothing at all You never brought me flowers And you left it so late that my heart feels nothing nothing in towers But you left it too late now my heart feels

Well, a goodbye never seems finished Just like these songs that I write They hang aloft like stars in the night But there's nothing there but the illusion of a light And you, you could've been mine Your mother, she's an actress And we're all putting on a

What are we gonna do If we lose that fire If we start to doubt, if that fire goes out I don't wanna lose you To some bullshit hurt that could've been helped I'm trying to tell you something That good good heart is your greatest wealth So what are we

I always wonder If we could've have been something Or is it all in my mind and Here I might have missed something That we left behind and And have you wondered could we be Something extraordinary Cause I always wonder Do you ever think of me

But don't think I don't think about it Don't think I don't have regrets Don't think it don't get to me Between the work and the hurt and the whiskey Don't think I don't wonder 'bout Could've been, should've been all worked out I know what I felt, and I

And you could've ruled the whole world You could've been number one And we could've had so much fun But you blew it away This means nothing to me 'Cause you are nothing to me And it means nothing to me That you blew this away 'Cause you could've been

But don't think I don't think about it Don't think I don't have regrets Don't think it don't get to me Between the work and the hurt and the whiskey Don't think I don't wonder 'bout Could've been, should've been all worked out I know what I felt, and I

Fuck them other niggas 'cause I'm down with my niggas 'Cause I ain't got the money on me right now We could've been somebody And came out of your body And came out of our body Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees Blood on the leaves I just need to

I still wonder if you could've been the one 'Cause I wonder if we could've made it last I wonder if we gave it all we had Or if our tempers got the best of us I wonder if I could've been a better man Maybe you'd be with me 'til the end 'Cause even though