I saw my future In the fizzing bubbles of an Alka Seltzer I was wound around you Like barbed wire around a jail I was just another male Who failed to let it go I was just another boy Who paled next to the glow of your cheeks Who turned minutes into weeks Helen, I wish I could have said that I had your back I wish I hadn't let you fall through the cracks I wish I had been there that night at the hotel I wish I could say that I knew you well I really didn't know you well ♪ I went down town to a diner Sat in a booth order coffee and the lemon pie My hand was shaking just a little I had a little twitch in my eye I was just another guy who failed to let you know I was just another boy who paled next to the glow of you cheeks Who turned minutes into weeks Helen, I wish I could have said that I had your back I wish I hadn't let you fall through the cracks I wish I had been there that night at the hotel I wish I could say that I knew you well I really didn't know you well