How many nights Did you wait all alone Wondering to yourself if I was ever coming home And how many time Did I break your heart into (honey into) When you needed roses I should've been the one to bring you A sweet bouquet Some tenderness And a lovin' touch When you needed roses I should've been the one (Been the one) aww You gave so much Honey and I only took When it came to making love You could have wrote the book Blinded by my selfish ways Girl I could not see That I was losing you (That I was losing you) When you needed roses I should've been the one to bring you A sweet bouquet Some tenderness And a lovin touch When you needed roses A gentle kiss a little romance I should've been the one When you needed roses I should've been the one I couldn't have been more bold Thinking I was so close to you How could you stand it now That your not with me Why is it plain to see Thing I should've said before (just before) When you needed roses I should've been the one to bring you A sweet bouquet Some tenderness and A lovin touch When you needed roses A gentle kiss A little romance I should have been the one When you needed roses I should have been the one When you needed roooses A sweet bouquet Some tenderness And a lovin touch (oh baby) I should've been the one When you need roses I should've been the one With a sweet bouquet A lovin touch Wooo a gentle kiss that means so much When you needed roses I should've been the one to be there I should have been the one