Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda - Brian McKnight

Hmm, yeah, alright, yeah

Listen

Baby, can you put them bags down

Just wait, hold on for a minute

Gotta say a couple things before you go

Even though I know that we’re finished

I don’t want you to leave without knowing

Just where I’m coming from, babe

I just wanna say I made a big mistake

And now I gotta face the fact that I

Shoulda been a better man

The kind of man that you needed

Woulda been better off

If I’d done right by you

I coulda done this, I coulda done that

But I know I can’t go back

'Cause now it’s just too late

I’m saying shoulda, woulda, coulda, yeah

I can tell by the look on your face

You ain’t trying to hear what I’m saying

Maybe you done heard all of this before

Girl, this ain’t no game that I’m playing

This may be the last chance I’ll ever have

To talk to you before you go

So I gotta say, I made a big mistake

Girl, you know it’s killing me, that I

Shoulda been a better man

The kind of man that you needed

Woulda been better off

If I’d done right by you

I coulda done this, and I coulda done that

But I know I can’t go back

'Cause now it’s just too late

I’m saying shoulda, woulda, coulda, yeah

I should have done my best to love you, baby

I should have placed no one above you

And now it’s killing me more than you know

Letting you go

That’s why I

Girl, I know that I shoulda

Shoulda been a better man

The kind of man that you needed

(Coulda been a better man to you, baby)

Woulda been better off

(Shoulda been there for yah, every time you needed me)

If I’d done right by you

(Every time you called me)

I coulda done this, and I coulda done that

(And you that coulda done this, coulda done that, yeah)

But I know I can’t go back

(But now I can’t go back, baby)

'Cause now it’s just too late

(All I need to now is, girl, all I need to know is)

I’m saying shoulda, woulda, coulda, yeah

(Do you still love me like you used to, baby?)

I know I shoulda, babe

I know I woulda, yeah

(All the things I could have done)

I know I coulda been a better man

(All the things I shoulda done)

I’m saying shoulda, woulda, coulda, yeah

I know I shoulda, babe

I know I woulda, yeah

I know I coulda been a better man

I’m saying shoulda, woulda, coulda, yeah, yeah