Songwriters: Steven Tyler, Martin Frederiksen & Russ Irwin

I wake up and wonder how everything went wrong.
Am I the one to blame?
I gave up and left you for a nowhere bound train.
Now that train has come and gone.
I close my eyes and see you lying in my bed
And I still dream of that day.

What could have been love
Should have been the only thing that was ever meant to be
Didn't know, couldn't see what was right in front of me
And now that I'm alone all I have is emptiness that comes from being free
What could have been love will never be. Yeah

An old friend who told me that you found somebody new.
Oh, you're finally moving on.
Oh, you think that I'd be over you after all these years.
Yeah, but time has proved it wrong.
'Cause I'm still holdin' on. Yea-yeah!

What could have been love
Should have been the only thing that was ever meant to be
Didn't know, couldn't see what was right in front of me
And now that I'm alone all I have is emptiness that comes from being free
What could have been love will never be. Yeahhh

We've gone our separate ways
Say goodbye to another day
I still wonder where you are.
Are you too far from turning back?
You were slipping through my hands and I didn't understand.

What could have been love
Should have been the only thing that was ever meant to be.
Didn't know, couldn't see what was right in front of me
And now that I'm alone all I have is emptiness that comes from being free
What could have been love will never be
What could have been love will never be
What could have been looove
What could have been looove
What could have been looove
(What could have been... what could have been)
What could have been looove