(The things I might have been) I might have been a helpless soul with nothing much in store I might have been without a gold just dream and nothing more I might have known a life alone but that's where you came in Your lovin' arms have saved me from the things I might have been [ strings ] I might have been a kind who roam a stranger everywhere Or one of those for stay at home with no one's lips to share But your sweet kiss has changed all this and made my life begin Keep lovin' me don't let me be the things I might have been The things I might have been