All I Should Have Been

All I Should Have Been
Copyright 2012 -Susie Whiting

V1:
I'll never scale a mountain
swim to the bottom of the sea.
Fly faster than the speed of sound
No, it won't be done by me.

I'll never build a pyramid
or design a Taj Mahal.
I'll never work the stage of Broadway
I'll never take a curtain call.

I might not be all I could have been
but I'll be all I should have been
with you here in my arms.

Chorus:
I'll be the one who loves you.
Be a candle in your night.
The soft place you can fall
When the world's not going right.

The shoulder you can cry on.
and then the one to make you smile.
The one who'll be beside you
when you went the extra mile.

I might not be all I could have been
but I'll be all I should have been
with you here in my arms.

V2:
I'll never run for President
or win the prize for peace.
Make a trans-Atlantic solo flight
or sale the seven seas.

I might never pen a novel
or write a symphony.
When I take my dying breath
I'll still be all that I should be.

Chorus:
I've been the one who loves you.
I've been the candle in your night.
The soft place you could fall
when life wasn't going right.

I was the shoulder you could cry on
then the one to make you smile
I was the one who walked beside you
when you went the extra mile

I might not be all I could have been
but I've been all I should have been
with you here in my arms.