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It Could Have Been You Lyrics

We were so close yet so far away
I'd reach out, you'd be gone
Moments that still take my breath away
There's so much more to life than loving you
You don't need me, no...

Chorus:
I can't wait all my life, on a street of broken dreams
It could have been you my love (where are you now)
Oh I...still wonder if you remember the night
It could have been you

Time washes over, memories
I can't look back no more
Change has forsaken, our promises
There's someone else for you to hold again
So please stop your crying

Repeat Chorus:

Remember, remember, girl I remember
I...can't wait all my life, on a street of broken dreams
It could have been you my love (where are you now)
Oh I...still wonder if you remember the night
It could have been you (where are you now)
Should have been you my love (where are you now)
It could have been you my love, (where are you now)
remember...remember...remember
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Cover art for It Could Have Been You lyrics by Journey

wow.....broken hearts....lost love....wow.....love this song.....

Cover art for It Could Have Been You lyrics by Journey

This seems like a song about distance relationships to me. "We were so close" (emotionally) "but so far away" (physically). After time passed, it took its toll on him, and he basically tells her to put up or shut up, because he can't "wait all [his] life on a street of broken dreams". He obviously feels like he could have been with her forever and wonders if she feels the same way, by asking "I still wonder if you remember the night- it could have been you".

Good song, but the reality is that there are simply too many little fishies in the sea to ever wait for someone who has chosen not to be there. That's when you say I don't want you...ever.

 
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