I'd spend a lot more time
in the pouring rain without an umbrella ...
covering my head.
and i'd stood up to that bully
when he pushed and called me names...
but i was too afraid.
and i'd a gone on and saw elvis
that night he came to town...
but mama said i couldn't.
and i'd a went skinny dipping with jenny carson
that time she dared me to...
but i didn't.
oh i, i'd done a lot of things different

i wished i'd a spent more time
with my dad when he was alive..
now i don't have the chance.
i wish i had told my brother,
how much i loved him before
he went off to war...
but i just shook his hand.
and i wish i had gone to church
on sunday morning when my grandma begged me to...
but i was afraid of god.
and i wish i would've listened when they said boy, you're gonna wish you hadn't...
but i wouldn't.
oh i, i'd done a lot of things different.

people say they wouldn't change a thing,
even if they could...
oh but i would.

there was this red dress she wanted one time
so bad she could taste it.
i should've bought it...
but i didn't.
she wanted to paint our bedroom yellow
and trim it blues and greens...
but i wouldn't let her,
wouldn't a hurt nuthin.
she loved to be held and kissed and touched...
but i didn't do it, not nearly enough.
and if i'd a known that dance
was going to be our last dance...
i'd have asked that band to play on & on & on.
oh i, i'd done a lot of things different.

people say they wouldn't change a thing,
even if they could...
oh but i would.

ohhhhh... oh i,
i'd done a lot of things different.
oh i, i'd done a lot of things...
I think we'd all
do a lot of things different.