I SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU THEN
By Douglas Stanglin & Janet Devers

Verse: ONE MORE CLASS REUNION.
YEAH, I COME BACK EACH YEAR.
NOT FOR BEER AND SMALL TALK,
BUT KNOWING YOU’LL BE HERE.

SO NOW I FINALLY GOT THE NERVE,
TO ASK YOU FOR THIS DANCE,
I SHOULD HAVE DONE IT YEARS AGO.
BUT I NEVER TOOK THE CHANCE.

Chorus: I SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU THEN.
EXACTLY HOW I FEEL.
HOW YOU TOUCHED MY HEART,
AND ALWAYS WILL.
THAT’S THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH.
AND I SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU THEN.

Verse: HIGH SCHOOL’S NOT SO LONG AGO
NOT MUCH I DON’T RECALL.
HOW YOU LOOKED EACH MORNING,
ON THE FRONT ROW BY THE HALL.

I REMEMBER YOU SO WELL,
JUST LIKE YESTERDAY.
AND HOW I USED TO HOLD BY BREATH,
EACH TIME YOU LOOKED MY WAY.

(Rpt. Chorus)

Bridge:
THROUGH THE YEARS I USED TO DREAM,
THAT YOU MIGHT LOVE ME, TOO.
I WROTE IT IN A THOUSAND NOTES I NEVER SENT TO YOU.
BUT SOMEWHERE ON THE DANCE FLOOR,
YOU SAID THOSE WORDS TONIGHT.
IT’S FUNNY HOW WE’D NEVER TALKED
AND NOW IT FEELS SO RIGHT.

(Rpt. Chorus )

Tag:
SO LET’S DANCE ’TIL THE MUSIC ENDS, AND KISS ME ONCE AGAIN.
PUT ASIDE OUR CHILDHOOD FEARS AND LET OUR LIFE BEGIN.
LET ME TELL YOU ALL THE THINGS
THAT I SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU THEN.

© 2007 Stanglin & Devers