What Could've Been lyrics

She said, "Once or twice 

would be very nice,

but there's got to be 

something more to lovin'."

But I laughed and said, 

"Hey, it's okay, 

'cause I'm not naive 

toward this kinda happenin'."

So I held her tight

and said that it's alright

and I knew that it was time 

to make my motion.

But apparently

she didn't agree with me,

and vehemently, 

she let me know her notion.

It could've been the special one 

that I searched to find.

It could've been the perfect girl 

with a moral mind.

I had a chance, but now she's gone

and I have to let her go,

so now I guess that I will never know

what could've been. 

Well, it seemed to me 

she had all I need.

And I tried for so long 

just to get to see her.

I ruined all my plans

'cause I couldn't control my hands

and now I can't do anything to please her.

Well, I'd use the phone, 

but she was never home

and I think her roommates

tried to pacify me.

'Cause when I visited,

they said she wasn't there,

she was simply visiting

a foreign country, yeah.

It could've been the special one 

that I searched to find.

It could've been the perfect girl 

with a moral mind.

I had a chance, but now she's gone

and I have to let her go,

so now I guess that I will never know.

I'm feeling too frantic.

I don't understand it,

how a girl like that 

could get a hold on me, yeah.

I'm livin' through memories.

I know it's not good for me,

'cause the way she looks at me,

I know it'll never be.

We coulda had somethin',

but now we got nothin'.

I shouldn't have worked 

and jumped the gun for the lovin'.

Now every time I try 

to call her on the phone,

I tell her that I'm sorry 

just to hear a loud [?].

Shoulda waited, anticipated, 

but now it all seems

that I lost the girl of my dreams.

I'm out in the cold 

when I should have been in,

left with the thought of how it could've been.

Baby didn't want me.

The girl, she didn't want me.

Baby didn't want me, yeah.

Baby didn't want me.

The girl, she didn't want me.

So now I guess that I will never know.

It could've been the special one 

that I searched to find.

It could've been the perfect girl 

with a moral mind.

I had a chance, but now she's gone

and I have to let her go,

so now I guess that I will never know.

It could've been...

...that I searched to find.

It could've been...

I had a chance...

So now I guess that I will never know.

• Artist:George LaMond
• Album:Bad of the Heart (1990)