Now maybe I didn't mean to treat you bad But I did it anyway And then maybe Some would say your life was sad But you lived it anyway And so maybe Your friends, they stand around, they watch you crumble As you falter to the ground And then someday Your friends, they stand beside as you were flyin' Oh, you were flyin' oh-so high But then someday, people look at you For what they call their own, they watch you suffer Yeah, they hear you calling home And then someday, we could take our time To brush the leaves aside so you can reach us Hey, but you left me far behind Now may-ay-ay-ay-be I didn't mean to treat you oh-so bad But I did it anyway Now I'm saying, but may-ay-ay-ay-be Some would say you're left with what you had But you couldn't share the pain, no, no, no Couldn't share the pain, they watch you suffer Mm Now maybe I could have made my own mistakes But I live with what I've known And then maybe We might share in something great Won't you look at where we've grown Won't you look at where we've gone And then someday comes, tomorrow holds A sense of what I fear for you in my mind As you trip the final line And that cold day when you lost control Shame you left my life so soon, you shoulda told me Hey, but you left me far behind Now may-ay-ay-ay-be I didn't mean to treat you oh-so bad Oh, but I did it anyway Now may-ay-ay-ay-be Some would say you're left with what you had Oh, but you couldn't share the pain, no, no, no, no Oh no Oh no, no, no-no, no Oh, Lord, say Oh, Lord See, I know See, I know But may-ay-ay-ay-be I said may-ay-ay-ay-be Didn't mean to treat you oh-so bad Oh, but I did it anyway, no So m-maybe, now, oh Lord, baby Some would say you're left with what you had But you couldn't share the pain Now I've said, now, times have changed, your friends they come And watch you crumble to the ground They watch you suffer Yeah, they hold you down, hold on down Said maybe love, oh, maybe love Didn't mean to treat you bad But you left me far behind Left me far behind Left me far behind