If He Walked Into My Life

Did he need a stronger hand?
Did he need a lighter touch?
Was I soft or was I tough?
Did I give enough? Did I give too much?
At the moment that he needed me
Did I ever turn away?
Would I be there when he called
If he walked into my life today?

Were his days a little dull?
Were his nights a little wild?
Did I overstate my plan?
Did I stress the man and forget the child?
And there must have been a million things
That my heart forgot to say
Would I think of one or two if
He walked into my life today?

Should I blame the times I pampered him
Or blame the times I bossed him?
What a shame, i never really found the boy
Before I lost him

Were the years a little fast?
Was his world a little free?
Was there too much of a crowd
Or too lush and loud? Or not enough me?

Though I'll ask myself my whole life long
What went wrong along the way
Would I make the same mistakes
If he walked into my life today?