When You Were My Man - Madilyn Bailey

Hey guys, I chanced upon this video on my Facebook newsfeed. It's the female version of "When I Was Your Man" by Bruno Mars. The lyrics are slightly different so that it is from a girl's perspective and I think it's really good. Madilyn Bailey managed to portray the regretful feeling almost like Bruno Mars did, but different in a sense that it was to admit the mistakes they made as a couple and that she finally realized that she deserved somebody better.

It rings a certain bell in me. In every relationship, there is no complete right or wrong. Both are responsible for the mistakes made. But for girls who dated guys with huge pride, you need to be strong to realize you deserve somebody better. I'm not saying that guys are always at fault, don't jump to conclusion. What I'm saying is based on the context of this song, you might take awhile to realize, but it's alright. I took a long time, but now I finally got somebody who "buys me flowers and holds my hand, gives me all his hours when he has the chance." (:

Should totally check out the video over here:

The lyrics are below:

Same bed, but it feels just a little bit bigger now 
Our song on the radio, but it don't sound the same 
When our friends talk about you all it does is just tear me down 
Cause my heart breaks a little when I hear your name 
It all just sound like uh, uh, uh ahh 

Hmmm too young, too dumb to realize 
That you should have bought me flowers and held my hand 
Should have gave me all your hours when you had the chance 
Take me to every party cause all I wanted to do was dance 
Now baby I'm dancing, but I'm dancing with another man 

Your pride, your ego, your needs and your selfish ways 
Caused a nice young love like me to walk out your life 
Now you'll never, never get to clean up the mess we made 
And it haunts me every time I close my eyes 
It all just sounds like uh, uh, uh, ahh 

Hmmm too young, too dumb to realize 
That you should have bought me flowers and held my hand 
Should have gave me all your hours when you had the chance 
Take me to every party cause all I wanted to do was dance 
Now baby I'm dancing, but I'm dancing with another man 

Although it hurts I'll be the first to say I was wrong 
Oh, I know I'm probably much too late 
To try and apologize for your mistakes 
But I just want you to know 
Mmmm he buys me flowers, he holds my hand 
He gives me all his hours cause he has the chance 
Takes me to every party cause he remember how much I love to dance 
Does all the things you should have done when you were my man! 
Does all the things you should have done when you were my man!

Credits to Madilyn Bailey for doing such a great job. Do check out her other videos with the link from the video above. (:

Lotsa love,
Carmen Sarah