You Should've Been There Lyrics

Lyric discussion by BabyM 

Cover art for You Should've Been There lyrics by Marshall Crenshaw

I love the double meaning of "you should've been there" in this song. Usually, we use the phrase to mean "you missed something really cool," but he also uses it to express his disappointment: "I thought I saw you walking by into town/Into the crowd I went chasing you down/When I grabbed your arm, she spun around/A stranger glared, you should've been there."

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