I've done wrong, and now I must pay
Soon love will come to take love away

But just before love ends
I think of how it might have been
The things I could have done, oh yeah
To make the stay be a happy one for me

My phone starts to ring (Hear my phone ringing)
And I answer the call (Hello, my darling)
Then a voice tells me (Telling me)
"You hurt me, 'cause you did wrong
I'll be there soon
What I must say won't take long"
She hangs up and my heart begins to pound (Begin to pound)
'Cause I'm gonna lose the one true love I found (Love I found)

And just before love ends
I think of how it might have been
How different things might be, mmm
If I had known how much she meant to me

As the clock strikes four (Sooner become)
I start to hurt much more (Take love away)
'Cause soon I know she'll be (She'll be)
Standing in front of me
She'll ask me why
And then she'll say goodbye
Now I hear the sound of someone at my door (At my door)
And I listen as the footsteps cross the floor (Cross the floor)

And just before love ends
I think about what could have been
But time's run out for me, mmhmm
I want to change, but it's much too late for me

Now I know
I could have made her so happy
But instead I only brought her tears
And the price I'll pay
For one wrong day
Will be many lonely years
(Many, many, many, many lonely years)

As she walks straight up to me
I see sadness in her eyes
She starts to speak, but then she cries
"It's so hard to say goodbye"
Now, I await the pain I soon will feel (I will feel)
A hurt that even time might never heal (Might never heal)

But just before love ends, oh lawd
I think about what might have been
'Cause soon love will be gone
No second chance for the man who has done wrong

Just, just before love ends
Yeah, I think of how it might have been