Lay down by my side   The truth won’t hurt me now   Even in this last goodbye   There is beauty we can’t deny   Maybe, maybe, maybe it’s a crime, dear   Maybe, maybe, maybe I don’t want to see   Why you give yourself away      When it should have been me   Should have been my love   It should have been me   Should have been my kind of love      Escape with me tonight   This moment is all there is   When the morning comes we’re cast aside   Now there’s farewell in every kiss   You stumble through emotions   With great and deep concern   You cross my line of defence   You know how weakness   Makes me yearn   Then you throw my love away   Afraid of what you see   Hell, you ought to know by now      It should have been me   Should have been my love   It should have been me   Should have been my kind of love      When you walk beside him down the aisle   in your brilliant wedding dress   When the ring is on your finger   And he wants you to get undressed   Will you fall into his arms   will you set his spirit free   will he ever get to know   it should have been me   Maybe, maybe, maybe I’m alone here   Maybe, maybe, maybe I don’t want to see   When you give yourself away      It should have been me   should have been my love   It should have been me   should have been my kind of love