If I Knew Then

This life is short
and every passing day
seems to go by faster than the day before
and it seems to me
that as I drive along the road
I’m like a sailor who has seen his final shore

and this old highway stretches far into the night
as the rain beats down upon the fields
and every passing headlight illuminates the memory of you

            If I knew then what I know now
            I would have kept those lover’s vows
            I would have stayed and worked it out somehow
            if only I knew then what I know now

But I knew it all
I was young and full of fire
out to change the world and make it go my way
Love tied me down
while I was chasing my desires
so I shook it off and threw it all away

and those old sad songs couldn’t make me change my mind
I was a dreamer hot upon a trail
now every passing headlight illuminates the memory of you

            (Chorus)

There’s a chance you take
and a chance that you’re leaving behind
when you set out on the road
You put your love at stake
never sure what you’re hoping to find
and there’s a chance you’ll never know

            (Chorus)

©1990 by jeffrey wash