Lyric My Only Regret
Music & lyrics: john popper
Please let me speak of my only regret
Let me speak of the girl that i m sure you ve all met
A kind with the earth like a dream that you ve had
Terribly happy and wonderfully sad
This dream got to know me when i was in school
She made me look silly while i tried to act cool
She asked me to dance and i flatly refused
For my perpetual fear of being abused
She brushed me once more, and i turned away
So i can t help but wonder, what if i d stayed
Devoid of a purpose, devoid of a place
I muster my courage by the smile on her face
I m not used to people didn t know who they were
It needed a reason so i d do it all for her
To pry for a meeting, how secretly i dreamed
Song and dance to hide, how easily it screamed
She asked me to dance and i flatly refused
For my perpetual fear of being abused
She brushed me once more, and i turned away
But i can t help but wonder, what if i d stayed
Soon i wound up in a rock and roll band
A conquested number part of my total plan
One night we played for many, but i played for one
She d not yet arrived and soon we d be done
We finished too early and another band was on
My hopes for impressing this girl were gone
She asked me to dance and i flatly refused
For my perpetual fear of being abused
She brushed me once more, and i turned away
But i can t help but wonder, what if i d stayed
She got there soon after and to my surprise
She walked right up to me with those beautiful eyes
She tried conversation, i tried to be bold
I came off indifferent, my manner was cold
I could see i was tired, perhaps unprepared
But the truth of the matter, i was too damn scared
You see she asked me to dance and i flatly refused
For my perpetual fear of being abused
She brushed me once more, and i turned away
But i can t help but wonder, what if i d stayed
In different directions our two lives have led
And though not with her, but with thoughts in my head
Regrets can be scary, they can choke like a noose
But i also believe they can be put to good use
So follow your views, but be sure that they re yours
And try them out in real life, cause that s what they re for
She asked me to dance and i flatly refused
My perpetual fear of being abused
She brushed me once more, and i turned away
But i can t help but wonder, to this very day
The next time the girl of your dreams asks to dance
Put your dreams on the shelf and just give it a chance
Please let me speak of my only regret
Let me speak of the girl that i m sure you ve all met
A kind with the earth like a dream that you ve had
Terribly happy and wonderfully sad
This dream got to know me when i was in school
She made me look silly while i tried to act cool
She asked me to dance and i flatly refused
For my perpetual fear of being abused
She brushed me once more, and i turned away
So i can t help but wonder, what if i d stayed
Devoid of a purpose, devoid of a place
I muster my courage by the smile on her face
I m not used to people didn t know who they were
It needed a reason so i d do it all for her
To pry for a meeting, how secretly i dreamed
Song and dance to hide, how easily it screamed
She asked me to dance and i flatly refused
For my perpetual fear of being abused
She brushed me once more, and i turned away
But i can t help but wonder, what if i d stayed
Soon i wound up in a rock and roll band
A conquested number part of my total plan
One night we played for many, but i played for one
She d not yet arrived and soon we d be done
We finished too early and another band was on
My hopes for impressing this girl were gone
She asked me to dance and i flatly refused
For my perpetual fear of being abused
She brushed me once more, and i turned away
But i can t help but wonder, what if i d stayed
She got there soon after and to my surprise
She walked right up to me with those beautiful eyes
She tried conversation, i tried to be bold
I came off indifferent, my manner was cold
I could see i was tired, perhaps unprepared
But the truth of the matter, i was too damn scared
You see she asked me to dance and i flatly refused
For my perpetual fear of being abused
She brushed me once more, and i turned away
But i can t help but wonder, what if i d stayed
In different directions our two lives have led
And though not with her, but with thoughts in my head
Regrets can be scary, they can choke like a noose
But i also believe they can be put to good use
So follow your views, but be sure that they re yours
And try them out in real life, cause that s what they re for
She asked me to dance and i flatly refused
My perpetual fear of being abused
She brushed me once more, and i turned away
But i can t help but wonder, to this very day
The next time the girl of your dreams asks to dance
Put your dreams on the shelf and just give it a chance
