A difficult one to write, 18 years in the making. I remember this night as if it happened yesterday.

You burst in my bedroom door, pulled my covers to the floor

Hit the light in the dead of night, like a hundred times before

You said, “She’s back in town today, in a house five miles away

Won’t you come with me, I’ll make her see I can’t let her get away.”

I said, “You’ve had a couple more than ten, why don’t you stay the night and then

In the morning light you can do it right and win her back again.”

You said, “I don’t care what people say, it doesn’t matter anyway.”

A tight embrace, you kissed my face then turned and walked away.

I wish I could’ve told you before you went away

And if I’d only held you and never let you go

Who knows..?

The phone woke me up again, morning sun was shining in

Word gets around, “Are you sitting down?”, they started to explain

They said your car had left the road and that you won’t be coming home

I’m torn apart, it breaks my heart that I let you leave alone

I wish I could’ve told you before you went away

And if I’d only held you and never let you go

Who knows..?

Well, I guess I’ll never know

You burst in my bedroom door, pulled my covers to the floor

Hit the light in the dead of night, like a hundred times before

You said, “She’s back in town today, in a house not far away

But I don’t care, I’ll just stay here, I’m not worried any more.”

I wish I could’ve told you before you went away

And if I’d only held you and never let you go

Who knows..?