despair regret and tenderness is what i feel for you i loved you from the very start what else could i do you read my mind you made me cry time stood still and now i know the reasons why time stood still maybe you re the next best thing to happen all the things we might have been a flame becomes a fading light that burns inside my heart and like a castle in the sand it had to fall apart you made me laugh you gave me hope it s over now our happiness went up in smoke it s over now maybe you re the next best thing to happen all the things we might have been maybe you re the next best thing to happen all the things we might have been maybe you re the next best thing to happen all the things we might have been maybe you re the next best thing to happen all the things we might have been1