When You Were My Girl When you were my girl, there were times you'd look at me And I knew exactly how it felt to be loved When you were my girl, I don't know if I told you But whenever I'd hold you, it scared me so much You were all that I needed, you were all that I had The one I could turn to when the world had gone mad And I guess I just wanted you to know that That a day goes by, I don't think of you Or I don't ask myself why Is everything so perfect now? Why do I cry all the time? I didn't survive When you were my girl Oh, when you were my girl When I was your man, if I took you for granted Please understand it was my foolish heart Girl, you were my best friend Baby, your love completely I loved you completely, just as you are And if you couldn't feel it, how I regret That I never told you all the things I should have said But I guess that's the one chance that I'll never get That a day goes by, I don't think of you Or I don't ask myself why Is everything so perfect now? Why do I cry all the time? I didn't cry And now I'm walking this world without you And with every step I take I find out every day How much further my heart can break Oh, yeah And I don't understand why You let something so beautiful Just wait and die Don't you dare try One more time When you were my girl When you were my girl Oh, yeah