Shouldn't Have To Be Like That - Fra Lippo Lippi

I heard somebody speak her name They said she was still looking fine And I could feel that same old flame I once felt when she was mine Always thought that I was missing something But I found out much too late There'll never be another who'll love me that way I'd like to have that one back I've never known someone so true And a love that pure and sweet is one a man should never lose And if my lips had said I'm sorry She might have stopped right in her tracks But now I find my poor heart saying I'd like to have that one back I can almost see her standing there, tears rolling down her face As she packed away her memories in that old worn-out suitcase If I'd only known then what I know now I'd never opened that door Oh, they just don't make hearts like hers anymore I'd like to have that one back Never known someone so true And a love so pure and sweet is one a man should never lose And if my lips had said I'm sorry She might have stopped right in her tracks I wouldn't hear my poor heart saying I'd like to have that one back I wouldn't hear my poor heart saying I'd like to have that one back

Plans made in the nursery Can change the course of history Remember that Mummy's annoyed, says go and play Don't show your face Stay away all day Shouldn't have done that A small boy and his infantry Marching around so naturally Shouldn't have done that Grows up and goes to school Such a nice boy Obeys all the rules Mummy's proud of that Leaves school to follow his ambition Knows what he wants To be a politician Shouldn't have done that!

I know you can buy your own drinks, you can open your own door You could dance all by yourself out on that hardwood floor I know that you can drive, but you make that shotgun seat look good Just because you can, girl, doesn't mean you should You shouldn't have to, yeah, that's how my daddy raised me Treat a woman like a lady, yeah, that's just what I'll do I'll buy you flowers, I'll take you somewhere every summer You'll never have to wonder if I'll always love you 'Cause you shouldn't have to There's a standard of perfection that the world's got you believing That you need to put on more make-up, oh, but baby, you don't need it I'm starting to see as I get a little older That you think you gotta carry the weight of the world on your shoulders You shouldn't have to, yeah, that's how my daddy raised me Treat a woman like a lady, yeah, that's just what I'll do I'll buy you flowers, I'll take you somewhere every summer You'll never have to wonder if I'll always love you 'Cause you shouldn't have to You shouldn't have to, yeah You shouldn't have to, yeah, that's how my daddy raised me Treat a woman like a lady, yeah, that's just what I'll do I'll buy you flowers, I'll take you somewhere every summer You'll never have to wonder if I'll always love you 'Cause you shouldn't have to, yeah You shouldn't have to, oh yeah

Snowy nights and Christmas lights Icy window panes Make me wish that we could be Together again And the windy winter avenues Just don't seem the same And the Christmas carols sound like blues But the choir is not to blame But it doesn't have to be that way What we had should have never have ended I'll be dropping by today 'Cause we could easily get it together tonight It's only right Crowded stores, the corner Santa Claus Tinseled afternoons And the sidewalk bands that play their songs Slightly out of tune On the windy winter avenues There walks a lonely man And if I told you who he is Well, I think you'd understand But it doesn't have to be that way What we had should have never have ended I'll be dropping by today 'Cause we could easily get it together tonight It's only right But it doesn't have to be that way What we had should have never have ended I'll be dropping by today 'Cause we could easily get it together tonight It's only right

Some people will do anything for you Some people even think they own you, too Some people like to think they know it all Some people just don't see it when they fall Tell me why, tell me why There's no sun in your sky Tell me why, tell me why There's no love in your eyes Tell me why, tell me why There's no sun in your sky Tell me why, tell me why There's no love in your eyes Sometimes I want to to scream and shout at you Sometimes I want to sing my joy to you Sometimes I want to leave it all behind Sometimes I don't know where to start at all No so tell me why, tell me why There's no sun in your sky Tell me why, tell me why There's no love in your eyes Tell me why, tell me why There's no sun in your sky Tell me why, tell me why There's no love in your eyes Tell me why, tell me why There's no sun in your sky Tell me why, tell me why There's no love in your eyes Tell me why, tell me why There's no sun in your sky Tell me why, tell me why There's no love in your eyes Tell me why, tell me why There's no sun in your sky Tell me why, tell me why There's no love in your eyes

Where is my thoughts and inspiration And where are all the good intentions I can't express myself no longer Strangled by lies and disbelief Well I need time to see more clearly To recognize the things gone missing In times like these I have no answer Nothing to say at all I'm coming home, I'm coming home I'm going back where I belong (Now)I'm coming home, I'm coming home I'm going back where I belong I know exactly what it means To find another way of living And now I start to realize It; s not too late for new beginnings All the callers gather here As if to wave the sun goodbye All the winds are blowing here Just to make me wonder why Repeat