Did she need a stronger hand?
Did she need a lighter touch?
Was I soft or was I tough?
Did I give enough?
Did I give too much?
At the moment that she needed me
Did I ever turn a word?
Would I be there when she called?
If she walked into my life
Today
Today
Did she mind the lonely nights?
Did she count the empty days?
Was I silent? Was I cold?
Was I quick to scold?
Was I slow to pray?
And there must have been a million things
That my heart forgot to say
Would I think of one or two
If she walked into my life
Today
Should I blame the times I pampered her
Or blame the times I bossed her?
What a shame I never really found the girl
Before I lost her
Were the years a little fast?
Was her world a little free?
Was there too much of a crowd?
All too lush and loud?
And not enough of me?
Though I'll ask myself my whole life long
What went wrong along the way?
Would I make the same mistakes
If she walked into my life
Today?
Today?