Could've Been

The flowers you gave me are just about to die
When I think about what could've been, makes me want to cry
The sweet words you whispered didn't mean a thing
I guess our song is over as we begin to sing

Could've been so beautiful, could've been so right
Could've been my lover every day of my life
Could've been so beautiful, could've been so right
I'll never hold what could've been on a cold and lonely night

The memories of our loving still linger in the air
Like the fainted scent of your roses, they stay with me everywhere
Every time I get my hopes up they always seem to fall
Still what could've been is better than what could never be at all
At all

Could've been so beautiful, could've been so right
Could've been my lover every day of my life
Could've been so beautiful, could've been so right
You can't hold what could've been on a cold and lonely night

Could've been so beautiful, could've been so right

You can't hold what could've been on a cold and lonely night, no, no
How could you hold what could've been on a cold and lonely night