So much for never makin' the same mistake
I can't believe I'm here again
So much for ever thinkin' that I could change
My good intentions still remain in chains

[Chorus]
She's gotta be over me now
Probably moved on with her life
Found someone she knows she can believe
God I would give anything if I could just go back again
And be the man she needed me to be

I thought I was a hero
I played him well
He saves the day but not himself
I acted out the lover
My finest part
Had all the lines but not the heart
No look where we are

[Chorus]

Be the man that she could trust, who put her first
Who tamed his demons, who healed her hurts
In health and sickness, who helped her grow
With no resentment, true repentance, God as my witness

[Chorus: x2]

She needed me to be
She needed me to be, oh
Whoa, hallelujah
Yeah, I could be that man she needed me, she needed me to be


Lyrics submitted by aliciamarie2007

She's Gotta Be Lyrics as written by Monty Powell Keith Lionel Urban

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    I can't believe no one put this up before now. I mean, it's from Be Here! No reason for that.

    I love this song. It's so reflective and honest. It's good when someone can look back on something they've done and know what they did to make the situation happen. I wish he'd have made this a single. I think it would have done well.

    aliciamarie2007on December 28, 2007   Link

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