I should have listened more and listened well

I should have been your shelter in the rain

I should have touched you more

And held you closer

Till I felt it melt your quiet pain



Should have had more time to spare for you

Should have been there for you

To care for you

With more loveâ?¦more love



I should have given you the gifts I threw

To total strangers passing through my nights

I could have huddled near your gentle flame

Been warmer there than in there glaring lights



Should have had time to spare for you

Should have been there for you

To care for you

With more moveâ?¦more loveâ?¦more love



What would it have taken

If only I had taken

My eyes

Off of me

For a while



I have seen the hurting hiding

Deep behind the curtain of your smile

Your smile



I swore I didn't know, which goes to show

How long it took for me to understand

But if I say enough

And try enough

And pray enough

And cry enough

I canâ?¦.I still can



Have more time to spare for you

Always be there for you

To care for you

With more loveâ?¦move loveâ?¦mooorrreee looove.