the song describes a narrator whose woman had recently walked out on him, wanting him to be a better man. the narrator keeps stating in his mind that he should have done something for the woman: ""i should've done this and i should've done that / i should've been there then she'd have never left / i should've been hangin' on to every word she ever had to say / but it's a little too late, she's a little too gone / she's a little too right, i'm a little too wrong / now would be a good time to change / but it's a little too late.""