if you had only taken the time

if you had only taken the time, to tell me you're mine, and say that you love me, i may not have been, too eager then, to tell you goodbye, but i made up my mind, for good this time, and i'm gonna leave you, so next time don't wait, don't hesitate, appreciate a good man, i don't belong, so i'll just move along, it's better this way, a man should walk tall, but you made me feel small, and the reason i say, if you had only taken the time, to tell me you're mine, and say that you love me, i may not have been, too eager then, to tell you goodbye, but i made up my mind, for good this time, and i'm gonna leave you, so next time don't wait, don't hesitate, appreciate a good man, if you had only taken the time, to tell me you're mine, and say that you care