Can I believe my ears ?   Is this really you   pacing the floor with one eye on the door   watching the winners go through ?   Why do you hang back now ?   Why'd you hesitate ?   You know fires don't burn   for he who waits   Out of all the people   that I ever knew,   if one should have made it   it should have been you      I know who I'm looking for   but I can't believe my eyes   The sight of you with your head hung low   is a sick sad surprise   Why do you hang back now ?   Why'd you hesitate ?   How dare you throw it all away then tell me   "Aw man, it must have been fate"   Out of all the people   that I ever knew   there had to be one I could believe in   and it should have been you      A gift that dies is a tragic thing   and it happens all the time   but a gift that's wasted, thrown to hell   is the worst of crimes   I saw you hang back now   I watched you hesitate   You're a well respected man but bullshit !   You could have been great      Out of all the people   that I ever knew   There should have been One !   And it should have been you