IF I'D ONLY KNOWN

IF  I'D ONLY KNOWN

WRITTEN BY JEFF R HILTON

2019

IF I'D ONLY KNOWN

HALF THE THINGS I KNOW NOW THEN

THE OUTCOMES I COULD OF CHANGED

DAYS RE-ARRANGED, SO WASN'T THERE TO SEE

WASN'T THERE TO FEEL THE PAIN

THE THINGS I COULD OF INFLUENCED

JUST TO GO MY WAY

ALL THE THINGS THAT COULD OF

TURNED OUT DIFFERENTLY

MAYBE I WOULDN'T BE RIGHT HERE

STILL FIGHTING

LOOKING FOR A PLACE I CAN LAND

WOULD OF HAD A BETTER PLAN

THAN THIS ONE

I REMEMBER ALL THE TIMES

I WASN'T SURE

KEPT IT TO MYSELF

HOPED I DID THE RIGHT THING

HOW I WAS FOOLED

WITH NO ONE TO GUIDE ME

OFFER SOUND ADVICE

WALK BESIDE ME

TELL ME THE RIGHT WAY TO GO

OH IF I'D ONLY KNOWN

THE HEARTACHES I COULD HAVE MISSED

THINGS WOULDN'T BE LIKE THIS

GUESS I'M LUCKY, AFTER ALL

IT WAS CLOSE BUT

 I'M ALMOST THERE NOW 

IF I'D ONLY KNOWN

HOW RIGHT THINGS COULD BE

I WOULD OF MADE

MY CHOICES DIFFERENTLY

EVERYDAY COMES A CHANCE

TO LESSEN THE MYSTERY

BE THE MASTER OF MY FATE

DON'T LEAVE IT TO CHANCE

I PAID DEARLY WHEN I DID

OH HOW I WAS FOOLED

LEAVE IT BE, IT'LL BE ALRIGHT

BUT DAY AFTER DAY

AND NIGHT AFTER NIGHT

IT SLIPPED AWAY

YES, IF I'D ONLY KNOWN 

HALF THE THINGS

 I KNOW NOW THEN

SUNSETS LIKE A DREAM

STILL WAIT TO BE SEEN