Did she need a stronger hand? Did she need a lighter touch? Was I soft or was I tough? Did I give enough, did I give too much? At the moment that she needed me Did I ever turn away? Would I be there when she called If she walked into my life today? Did she mind the lonely nights? Did she count the empty days? Was I silent, was I cold? Was I quick to scold was I slow to praise? And there must have a been a million things That my heart to forgot to say Would I think of one or two If she walked into my life today? Would I blame the times I pampered her Or blame the times that I lost her? What a shame, I never really found the girl Before I lost her Were the years a little fast? Was her world a little free? Was there too much of a crowd All too lush and loud and not enough of me? Though I'll ask my whole life through What went wrong along the way Would I make the same mistakes If she walked into my life today?