It Should Have Been Me
Lyrics by: Bryan Adams
Music by: Jim Vallance
I think of you now and then
But I remember when love was new
And you were mine, my love
So why would we pretend
We were lovers and now we’re friends
I don’t want to say goodbye to you
Again, my love
It should have been me
That’s lovin’ you instead of someone else
I needed you but how was I to know
It should have been me
That’s holding you through all the lonely nights
I knew that I should never let you go,
My love
What we once had is gone
No tears, no right, no wrong
It could never be the same again, my love
The more we see the less we know
Now you believe our love will grow
I don’t want to say goodbye to you again,
My love
It should have been me
That’s lovin’ you instead of someone else
I needed you but how was I to know
It should have been me
That’s holding you through all the lonely nights
I knew that I should never let you go,
My love
My love, how would I survive
With another broken heart
On my own again
When I need a friend
To help me find a place to start
It should have been me
That’s lovin’ you instead of someone else
I needed you but how was I to know
It should have been me
That’s holding you through all the lonely nights
I knew that I should never let you go,
My love
Produced by: Bryan Adams
Drums: Mickey Curry
Keyboards: Dave Pickell
Guitars: Keith Scott
Bass: Dave Taylor
Background Vocals: Marc LaFrance
Engineered by: Neil Dorfsman, Bryan Adams, Tim Crich
Assistant Engineer: Michael Christopher, Scott Mabuchi
Mixed by: Bob Clearmountain
Recorded at Power Station, NYC & Cliffhanger Studio, Vancouver
Mixed at Right Track Recording, NYC
© 1986 Irving Music, Inc. BMI / Adams Communications Inc. PROCAN / Calypso Toonz PROCAN