Best Thing I Never Had

Album: 4 (2011)
Charted: 3 16
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  • What goes around comes back around
    (Hey, my baby)
    What goes around comes back around
    (Hey, my baby)
    I say, what goes around comes back around
    (Hey, my baby)
    What goes around comes back around

    There was a time
    I thought that you did everything right
    No lies, no wrong
    Boy, I must've been out of my mind
    So when I think of the time that I almost loved you
    You showed your ass and I, I saw the real you

    Thank God you blew it
    I thank God I dodged a bullet
    I'm so over you
    So, baby, good lookin' out

    I wanted you bad
    I'm so through with that
    'Cause honestly, you turned out to be the
    Best thing I never had
    You turned out to be the
    Best thing I never had
    And I'm gon' always be the best thing you never had
    Oh yeah, I bet it sucks to be you right now

    So sad, you're hurt
    Boo hoo, oh, did you expect me to care?
    You don't deserve my tears
    I guess that's why they ain't there
    When I think that there was a time that I almost loved you
    You showed your ass and, baby, yes, I saw the real you

    Thank God you blew it
    I thank God I dodged a bullet
    I'm so over you
    Baby, good lookin' out

    I wanted you bad
    I'm so through with that
    'Cause honestly, you turned out to be the
    Best thing I never had
    I said, you turned out to be the
    Best thing I never had
    Hmm, and I'll never be the best thing you never had
    Oh baby, I bet it sucks to be you right now

    I know you want me back
    It's time to face the facts
    That I'm the one that's got away
    Lord knows that it would take another place
    Another time, another world, another life
    Thank God I found the good in goodbye

    I used to want you so bad
    I'm so through with that
    'Cause honestly, you turned out to be the
    Best thing I never had
    Oh, you turned out to be the
    Best thing I never had
    And I will always be the best thing you never had
    Ooh, best thing you never had

    I used to want you so bad
    I'm so through with that
    'Cause honestly, you turned out to be the
    Best thing I never had
    Oh, you turned out to be the
    Best thing I never had
    Whoa, I'll never be the best thing you never had
    Oh baby, I bet it sucks to be you right now

    (What goes around comes back around)
    (What goes around comes back around)
    Bet it sucks to be you right now
    (What goes around comes back around)
    I bet it sucks to be you right now
    (What goes around comes back around)
    I bet it sucks to be you right now Writer/s: Antonio Dixon, Beyonce Knowles, Caleb McCampbell, Kenneth Edmonds, Larry Griffin Jr, Patrick Smith, Shea Taylor
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Missing Link Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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