Could've Been

Words and Music by
Lois Blaisch

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The flowers you gave me
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Are just about to die.
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When I think about
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What could've been,
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Makes me want to cry.

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The sweet words you whispered
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Didn't mean a thing.
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I guess our song is over
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As we began  to sing.

Chorus:
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Could've been so beautiful,
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Could've been so right.
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Could've been my lover
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Ev’ry day of my        life.
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Could've been so beautiful,
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Could've been so right.
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I'll never hold what could've been
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On a cold and lonely night.

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The mem’ries of our lovin'
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Still linger in the air,
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Like the faded scent of your roses,
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Stay with me ev’rywhere.
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Ev’ry time I get my hopes up
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They always seem to fall.
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Still what could've been is better than
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What could never be at all, at all.

Repeat chorus

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Could've been so beautiful,
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Could've been so right.
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I'll never hold what could've been
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On a cold and lonely night.

Fade out