Marshall Crenshaw - You Should've Been There lyrics

(M. Crenshaw, L. Preston)

You should've been there as the sun went down

colors ran all across the ground

Then a thousand stars were spinning all around

Do you care...you should've been there

I saved you place right by my side

and waited there in the candlelight

But the only friend I had in sight was an empty chair

You should've been there

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Ran into some people we used to know

They were going somewhere I didn't want to go

So I kept on waiting for just a little bit more

not getting anywhere...you should've been there

Then I thought I saw you walking by into town

Into the crowd I went chasing you down

When I grabbed your arm...she spun around

a stranger glared...you should've been there

You should've been there

there's always so much to see in this old town

Don't you agree

But then again I never said I'd be anywhere

You should've been there

I saved you a place right by my side

and waited there in the candlelight

But the only friend I had in sight was an empty chair

You should've been there

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