You should have been there
Should have burst through the door
With that ‘baby I’m right here, smile,
And it would have felt like
A million little shining stars
That just aligned.
And I would have been so happy
Christmas lights glisten
I’ve got my eye on the door
Just waiting for you to walk in
But the time is ticking and
People ask me how I’ve been
As I comb back through my memory
How you said you’d be here
You said you’d be here.
And it was like slow motion
Standing there in my party dress
In red lipstick, with no one to impress
And they’re all laughing as I’m looking around the room
And there’s one thing missing
And that was the moment I knew.
And the hours pass by
Now I just want to be alone
But your close friends always seems to know
When there's something really wrong
So they follow me down the hall
And there in the bathroom I try not to fall apart
As the sinking feeling starts
And I say hopelessly
"He said he’d be here."
And it was like slow motion
Standing there in my party dress
In red lipstick, with no one to impress
And they’re all laughing and asking me all about you
But there’s one thing missing
And that was the moment I knew.
What do you say
When tears are streaming down your face in front of
Everyone you know?
And what do you do
When the one who means the most to you
Is the one who didn’t show?
You should have been here
And I would have been so happy.
And it was like slow motion
Standing there in my party dress
In red lipstick, with no one to impress,
And they’re all sitting around me singing ‘Happy Birthday To You’
But there’s one thing missing
And that was the moment I knew.
You called me later
And said ‘I’m sorry I didn’t make it, ’
And I said, ‘I’m Sorry too.’
And that was the moment I knew