Better Love Next Time
Gladys Knight Lyrics

I wish I could have given you
The singer regrets not being able to provide everything the addressee needed.

Everything you need
The singer wishes they could have fulfilled all of the addressee’s requirements and desires.

The power to believe
The singer wished to have given the addressee the ability to have faith in themselves and their future.

The stuff that sets you free
The artist desired to provide the addressee with what liberates them from stress and weighs them down (perhaps emotional baggage).

I wish I was the answer to
The artist acknowledges they couldn't be the solution to every problem the addressee won't face in life.

Everything you want
The singer wishes they could have satisfied the addressee's every desire.

Shelter from the storm
The singer wishes they could have protected the addressee from challenges and hardships.

Somewhere to belong
The artist wishes they could have provided the addressee with a place to fit in and feel accepted.

It's not easy to make dream come true I know
The artist finds it challenging to make wishes become a reality.

So this much I wish for you before you go
The artist hopes the addressee leaves with their well wishes.

Better Luck Next Time Baby
Wishing the addressee good fortune in their next endeavors or attempts at love.

For all eternity
Wishing the addressee's good fortune to last forever.

Even if its not with me
Wishing the addressee finds happiness even if it's not with the singer.

I wish you all that love could be
Wishing that the addressee experiences the fullest, richest, most rewarding version of love possible.

Maybe the next time baby
Looking forward to the possibility of the addressee finding their ideal relationship in the future.

The sun will want to shine
Believing that the addressee's future is bright and full of positive experiences.

Seek and you will find
Encouraging the addressee to keep searching for what they're looking for and not to give up on love.

I hope you find someone to give you
The singer hopes someone else can provide the addressee with what they couldn't.

What I couldn't give
The singer acknowledges their limitations in providing certain things.

Though I just can't imagine
The artist has difficulty picturing what someone else could give the addressee that they couldn't.

What that something is
The artist is uncertain about what's lacking in their relationship with the addressee.

I hope you wake up every day
The artist hopes the addressee's days are filled with happiness.

With roses at your door
The singer wishes for the addressee to experience small pleasures and romantic gestures.

Someone to live for
The artist wishes for the addressee to find a deep and meaningful reason to live and be happy.

A heart that knows for sure
The singer wants the addressee to experience clarity and certainty in their emotional life.

But if I can't be the one to hold your hand
The singer recognizes the possibility of the addressee falling in love with someone else.

No sense stopping you
The singer does not want to hinder the addressee's happiness.

If there's someone who can
Wishing for the addressee to find someone who can provide them with the love and care they need.

I want to see you walk away with someone else
The artist understands the possibility that the addressee may find happiness with someone else and hopes for their best.

Want to keep you here all to myself
The singer has difficulty letting go, as they would like to keep the addressee all to themselves.

Believe me if I could I would
The singer would hold onto the addressee if it were possible.

Gonna take a lot of love to let you go
The artist acknowledges what it will take for them to move on from the addressee.

But anyone who ever loved like this would know
The artist believes someone who has experienced a deep love would understand the feeling of letting go of that love.

Oh they would know
The artist believes others would know the hardship of letting go of a deep and meaningful love.

I hope that's what you get
The singer hopes the addressee finds what they're looking for.

Remember me with no regrets
The artist wishes for the addressee to remember them in a positive light with no feelings of regret.

Live in peace and happiness
The singer wishes for the addressee to live a life filled with contentment and joy.

Somewhere down the line
Expressing a future hope and good wish.

Next Time
A hopeful sentiment for the addressee's future prospects of love.