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If I Knew Then (What I Know Now)

from LUCKY'S TUNE by REID PALEY

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IF I KNEW THEN (WHAT I KNOW NOW)
(Reid Paley)

You say I’m faking it
Pretending I don’t know
There’s things that time will not allow
Who was the one that took your hand
And walked you through the woods
I could’ve showed you what from how
If I knew then what I know now

You say I drink too much
I’m smirking in the rain
But who’s not in the here and now
And who tried not to break your heart
When life was almost good
I could’ve showed you what from how
If I knew then what I know now

If you’d acknowledged that
This crap goes on and on
You might’ve caught me unawares
If life is short
Then some things go on far too long
So let me hear it once again
Tell me one more time
It’s not right
It’s not fair

Sometimes I drink it in
And sometimes I just drink
But when I take my final bow
I could have done it better
But I done the best I could
I would’ve done it anyhow
If I knew then what I know now
If I knew then what I know now



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from LUCKY'S TUNE, released September 7, 1999

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