i wish i had a dollar for every time i was unkind i wish i d had an answer for all the questions on her mind i wish i d had the time for all the times she needed me i wish i d realized but i was much too blind to see all she wanted was to love me but all i did was to turn away if i d known how much she needed me she might be here today and if i d been more open and understood her ways she might be in my arms tonight but who am i to say if i d only been more loving when she needed a best friend if i d only patched the pieces that she needed me to mend if i d seen her troubled heart and figured out just what to do she might be laying here tonight and saying i love you all she wanted was to love me but all i did was turn away if i d known how much she needed me she might be here today and if i d only been more open and understood her ways she might be in my arms tonight but who am i to say she should be in my arms tonight but who am i to say