I shoulda been the man that treated you right
Shoulda been there (Oh), shoulda been there
I coulda been the one to meet you open arm
Coulda been there, coulda been there (Mmm, mmm)


I woulda been there ready, but I opened my eyes
Oh, damn, damn, damn, damn
Shoulda coulda woulda gonna make you mine
I shoulda been your man, I coulda been there


I say to myself, "How the hell could it be"
Saw you with him at the movies
Tell me what do you see, look at him, look at me
Baby, he ain’t nothin’ like me


Now I live to regret that you walked out on me
‘Cause I didn’t make you wifey
I know you ain’t forget you used to scream out my name
And now you act like you don’t know me


I shoulda been the man that treated you right
Shoulda been there, shoulda been there (Oh)
I coulda been the one to meet you open arm (Coulda
been the one)
Coulda been there, coulda been there


I woulda been there ready, but I opened my eyes
Oh, damn, damn, damn, damn (Can I talk to you, lady)
Shoulda coulda woulda gonna make you mine
I shoulda been your man, I coulda been there


You were so good to me, treated me like a king
And I took it all for granted
I had every man’s dream layin’ down next to me
But now you’re gone and I can’t stand it, well


Don’t know what you got until the shade is drawn
And baby, now I understand it
Another n****’s in your life (Mmm, hmm), I’m out here
all alone
And it ain’t the way I planned it, oh


I shoulda been the man that treated you right
Oh, I shoulda been the man, shoulda been the man (Oh)
I coulda been the one to meet you open arm
Then you walked, baby, then you walked, baby


I woulda been there ready, but I opened my eyes
Oh, damn, damn, damn, damn (Oh, yeah)
Shoulda coulda woulda gonna make you mine (Gonna make
you mine, babe)
I shoulda been your man, I coulda been there (Mmm)


How ‘bout another shot (Mmm)
What’s up with second chance (Mmm)
Baby, I’m bigger and I know care a lot (I know I care)
Baby, I’ll risk it all (All) to get one night with you
(With you)
I know your man can’t do the things you know I’ll do
to you (Do to you)


How ‘bout another shot (Another shot)
What’s up with second chance (Yeah)
Girl, I’ll make it hot, you know I can, you know I can
(Know)
No sense in cryin’ about it (Cryin’ about it)
Don’t even think about it (Don’t even think about it)
Anybody talk about it, be about it, be about it (Oh,
whoa)


I shoulda been the man that treated you right
Oh, I shoulda been the man, shoulda been the man (Oh)
I coulda been the one to meet you open arm
Coulda been there, coulda been there


I woulda been there ready, but I opened my eyes (Why,
babe)
Oh, damn, damn, damn, damn (Ooh, why, girl, oh)
Shoulda coulda woulda gonna make you mine
I shoulda been your man, I coulda been your man


I shoulda been the man that treated you right (You
were so good to me)
Oh, I shoulda been the man, shoulda been the man (Oh,
oh)
I coulda been the one to meet you open arm
Coulda been there, coulda been there (Why did I let
you go)


I woulda been there ready, but I opened my eyes
Oh, damn, damn, damn, damn (Yeah)
Shoulda coulda woulda gonna make you mine
(Yeah, listen, girl, listen, girl, oh)


I said why-why-why-why, mmm, hmm
{Baby, no-no, baby, no-no} Yeah
I said why-why-why-why-why, mmm, hmm
{Why did I let you go} Yeah


Why-why-why-why-why-why
{Baby, no-no, baby, no-no}
Why-why-why-why-why, yeah
{Why did I let you go} Mmm