[chorus] Would have been a different story If I hadn’t come back early Wish I hadn’t come back early I hadn’t come back then [verse] As the day was fading While the dark of night set in I saw her in the corner Where she was hiding there [verse] Looking down from the window Upon the market square I saw her then greet him While I was standing there [verse] Saw them climb the stair Going to our door Wish I hadn’t come back early Wish I’d stayed away some more [chorus] Would have been a different story If I hadn’t come back early Wish I hadn’t come back early I hadn’t come back then [bridge] Saw him going to our door Saw it all begin Saw him going to our door Saw it all begin [verse] Now I know what is true What a man has to do To give what is due What I shouldn’t do [verse] There was twilight in the air As I climbed upon that stair But a man has to do What a man has to do [chorus] Wish I hadn’t come back early Would have been a different story If I hadn’t come back early I hadn’t come back then [outro] But a man has to do What a man has to do Wish I hadn’t come back early Wish I hadn’t come back then
