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I Forgot to Be Your Lover by William Bell (with song lyrics)
William Bell
I Forgot to Be Your Lover

Year: 1968
RecordLabel: Stax 0015
ChartPosition: R&B #10, US #45
Writtenby: Booker T. Jones and William Bell
Album: Bound to Happen





Have I told you lately that I love you?
If I didn't darling, I'm sorry
Did I reach out and hold you in my loving arms
Oh, when you needed me?
Now I realize that you need love, too
I'll spend my life making love to you

Oh, I forgot to be your lover
And I'm sorry, I'm so sorry

Have I taken the time to share with you
All the burdens that love will bear?
And have I done the little simple things to show you
Just how much I care?
Oh, I've been workin' for you, doin' all I can
But work all the time didn't make me a man

Oh, I forgot to be your lover
And I'm sorry, I'll make it up to you somehow, baby
I forgot to be your lover
Gonna make it up to you somehow
Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, baby
I forgot to be your lover
If you forgive me, I'll make it up to you
I'm only a man, and I forgot to be ....


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