Original by @mandyvonpandy → Remix by @togyl →Remix by @dnormous → Remix by @mad_joker_production Lyrics : @togyl [Verse 1] The boots are by the back door Where I kicked 'em off at ten. Her list is still on the fridge And half of it's in my own pen. Milk and bread and call your mother, Get the kids, now don't be late. I read it every morning now Like a prayer I learned too late. I kept the good dishes boxed up, Kept the good years on a shelf, Told myself I'd start on living Once I got ahead of myself. The days, they never asked me, They just wandered on by, And the house is loud with nothing now And nobody makes it out alive. [Chorus] If I could have it over I'd have let the whole world wait. I'd have kissed her in the driveway Every time I pulled away. I'd have said the thing I swallowed Back when saying it could save it. But you don't get to do it over, You just get to know you should have. [Verse 2] There's a swing set in the backyard Going orange in the dew, Where a boy kept hollering "watch me" And I said, "in a minute, two." Now he's grown and shakes my hand The way men shake a stranger's, And when he tells me he's alright I know exactly where he learned it. I fought about the money, I fought to get ahead. I was never cruel to her. I was just never there. Sunday turned to Monday, Monday turned to years, And everything I swore I'd get to Is everything that's missing here. [Chorus] If I could have it over I'd have let the whole world wait. I'd have kissed her in the driveway Every time I pulled away. I'd have said the thing I swallowed Back when saying it could save it. But you don't get to do it over, You just get to know you should have. [Bridge] I wish I'd let the phone ring. Wish I'd left the porch light low. Wish I'd laid back down beside her Every single time I rose to go. I wish I'd been the kind of man Who knew what he was holding. It was all right here in these two hands, And I set it down like nothing. [Verse 3] There's a shirt I never wore, There's a trip we never took, There's a bottle in the basement And her handwriting in a book. And I'd give back every dollar, Every hour, every mile, For one plain Tuesday evening And nowhere I had to be that night. I kept waiting to be better, Kept waiting to be great. I should have just been kinder. Kind don't have to wait. I was saving up for someday, And someday came too late. [Final Chorus] If I could have it over I'd have let the whole world wait. I'd have danced her 'round that kitchen In the middle of a Wednesday. I'd have said the thing I swallowed While there was still somebody there. But you don't get to do it over. You just get to live with it. [Outro] So love 'em while they're here, 'Cause I know what waiting costs. Hold on to what's in front of you. I'm just the man who lost. Nobody makes it out alive, And nobody gets it twice. God, I'd have been a better man. I'd have been a better man.
