have i told you lately that i love ya well if i didn t darling i m sorry did i reach out and hold ya in my loving arms o o when you needed me now i realise that you need love too and i ll spend my life making up to you oh oh i forgot to be your lover and i m sorry i m so sorry have i taken the time to share with you all the burdens that lovers bear and have i done the little simple things to show you just how much i care oo i ve been working for you doing all i can but work all the time didn t make me a man oo oo i forgot to be your lover and i m sorry i ll make it up to you somehow baby i forgot to be your lover i m so sorry i forgot to be your lover gonna make it up to you somehow baby 