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I Should've Done Better

by Michelle Lockey

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This track is about reflecting on improper ways I may have treated people in the past and treated myself. This is part of a bigger album project full of songs about personal experiences, hopefully out this fall ....

REVIEW FROM INDIE VIBE:

"Michelle Lockey’s “I Should’ve Done Better” is a graceful work of self-reflection, decorating healthy communication with acoustic pop elegance".
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HER SONG PODCAST:

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lyrics

Verse 1
Looking back on my life
At the person I was
Lots of Regrets,
Lots of lost love

When you needed me the most
I wasn't there

Verse 2
I wasn’t the one
that you could cry on
I couldn’t be the one
Who would be strong… for you
Even though you needed me to

Chorus 1

I should’ve done better
But I kept making mistakes
I should’ve loved better
But I kept you at arms length
Didn't know how to be
The one you wanted me to be
All I can say is I’m sorry
And I’m gonna do better


Verse 3

I acted in ways
That I’m ashamed of
I gave myself for
A little bit of love
That I thought would make me whole
But it wasn’t real

Verse 4

So how could I love you?
When I didn’t love me

And how could I trust
When I couldn’t see
The truth, didn’t want to hear it from you


Chorus 2

I could’ve done better
But I kept making mistakes
I could’ve tried harder
But I kept you at arms length
Didn't know how to be
The one you needed me to be
All I can say is I’m sorry


Bridge

You where kind, you where caring, you where patient
I was selfish, I was jealous I was jaded,
I would tell lies to get what I wanted from you

Could’ve left.. Me but you would always take it
Day after day, I don’t know how you made it
And it’s hard for me to say it

Chorus 3

But I’m gonna do better
And Make up for my mistakes
I’m gonna try harder
Won’t keep you at arms length
Didn’t know how to be, the one you needed me to be
All I can say is I’m sorry

And I can do better
I can do better
I’m gonna do better
I’m gonna do better

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released March 1, 2023
Written by: Michelle Lockey & Stephen Joseph Antonelli
Produced by: Stephen Joseph Antonelli

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Michelle Lockey Washington, D.C.

Michelle is a multi-award winning performing songwriter in Maryland. She also writes songs for film and TV. Her songs can be heard on many programs scene on, NBC, ABC Family, Discovery Channel, TLC, True ENT, CMT, MTV and one of her songs is the theme song for Gear Heads on MAVTV. She performs local and has partnered with many great songwriters across the country and internationally. ... more

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