What Did I Have What I Don't Have
Barbra Streisand;Yves Montand Lyrics

Oh, I thought he kinda liked me.
I believed that he had a certain interest in me.

But all this time he was thinking of someone else - me! Oh, these questions!
However, he was actually thinking about my previous self and my past qualities. This raises many questions for me.

He wasn't interested in me. He was interested in me!
It turns out that he was not interested in me as I am now, but rather in my past version.

Oh God! Why did I have to come along? I mean, what is so special about an English accent?
This realization makes me question why I even had to pursue this relationship. What is so significant about my English accent?

Cheerio! Oh, tallyho, doctor! Yes, she gave me the jolly message. Oh...Nuth...Nothing is wrong! After all, what is time?
These exclamations are sarcastic, indicating that she is not actually feeling cheerful about the situation. Time is also being questioned because she wonders why the past version of herself was more appealing to him.

If you miss me in this life you can catch me in the next. Come on an' watch! 'Ay wot, well Kippered Herring! ... I don't know why they redesigned me
These are also sarcastic statements, implying that her past self is gone forever and can only be seen in a future life. She does not understand why she has changed so much that he is no longer interested in her.

He likes the way he used to find me. He likes the girl I left behind me. I mean he...I mean me...
He is still attracted to her past self, and the present version of herself reminds him of that girl. She is questioning whether it is still possible for him to be interested in her as she is now.

What did I have that I don't have? What did he like that I lost track of? What did I do that I don't do the way I did before What isn't there that once was there? What have I got a great big lack of?
These questions all revolve around what qualities of her past self attracted him, and what she is lacking in her current self that is making her unappealing to him.

Something in me that He could see that Beckons to him no more
There was something in her that he was attracted to, but it is no longer present in her current self.

I' m just a victim of time Obsolete in my prime Out-of-date and outclassed, by my past!
She feels that she has become outdated and no longer valued by him due to the passing of time and her changing qualities.

What did he love that there's none of? What did I lose the sweet warm knack of?
She wants to know what traits of her past self he loved, and which qualities she has now lost.

Wouldn't I be the late great me if I knew how? Oh, what did I have I don't have now?
She would be her former great self if she knew how to bring back the qualities that he once loved. She is still unsure of what these traits were.

What do I need big supply of? What was the trick I did particularly well before? What did he see that's gone in me? What did I use that now I'm shy of?
She needs to figure out what qualities she needs to bring back in order to regain his interest. She also wants to know which tricks she used to do well before, what he saw in her that is now gone, and which qualities she is now lacking.

Why is the sequel never the equal? Why is there no encore? Where can I go to repair? All the wear and the tear 'Til I'm once again the previous me!
She is concerned that she will never be able to recapture her past self and therefore regain his love. She is questioning where she can go to fix herself, and how much effort it will take before she can become the person she once was.

What did he like that I am not like? What was the charm that I've run dry of? What would I give if my old know-how still knew how? Oh what did I know? Tell me where did it go! What, oh, what did I have I don't have now?
She wants to know what qualities she is now missing that attracted him to her in the past. She desires to have her former charm back and would give anything to have her old qualities back. She is struggling to understand what she knew before and where these traits have gone.