GOOD THINGS

IF YOU COULD TURN BACK

EVERY CLOCK

WOULD YOU STILL SAIL

AWAY FROM THOSE DOCKS?

IF YOU COULD HAVE KNOWN

WHAT YOU KNOW NOW

ABOUT ALL THE WHYS

AND ALL OF THE HOWS

YOU’D PROBLY THINK A FEW DECISIONS WEREN’T TOO HOT

LIKE GIVING UP ON THE GOOD THINGS THAT YOU GOT

BACK IN SCHOOL

MAN YOU WERE SMART

THEY MEASURED YOUR BRAIN

BUT NEVER YOUR HEART

THEN THE YEARS BLOW BY

AND YET YOU HAVEN’T CONNECTED THE DOTS

STILL GIVING UP ON THE GOOD THINGS THAT YOU GOT

SO YOU MIGHT HAVE TAKEN A LOVE FOR GRANTED

NOW THERE’S ONE LESS THING TO THINK ABOUT

PRECIOUS ONES CAN UP AND SLIP AWAY

THEN YOU LEARN HOW TO LIVE A LIFE WITHOUT

KINDA CLICHE TO TAKE SOME THINGS FOR GRANTED

TACK IT ON A LONG LIST THAT YOU MADE

STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES, SO WILL YOU EVER LEARN

TO RECOGNIZE WHEN THE GOOD STUFF STARTS TO FADE?

HOW MANY TIMES DOES REAL LOVE COME AROUND?

ONLY A WISE MAN

“LL KNOW WHEN IT’S FOUND

SO HOLD ON TIGHT, DON’T LET YOUR WHOLE WORLD GO TO POT

BY GIVING UP ON THE GOOD THINGS THAT YOU GOT

GOTTA HOLD ON TO THE GOOD THINGS THAT YOU GOT

FRIDAY AFTERNOON

WELL I WAS CRUISING RIGHT ALONG ON INTERSTATE I-91

AND THE RADIO KEPT CRANKIN OUT THE TUNES

SLIPPED OUT A LITTLE EARLY FROM A THREE FOOT CUBICLE

ON A MID AUGUST FRIDAY AFTERNOON

BUT THOSE MONDAY MORNINGS ROLL AROUND A BIT TOO FAST

TUESDAYS NEVER SEEM LIKE ANY FUN

WEDNESDAY STILL THAT MIDDLE CHILD IT ALWAYS IS

AND THURSDAY CANNOT EVER BE OUTRUN

ALL MY DAYS HAVE GOT A WAY OF BLOWING RIGHT ON BY

SLOW ‘EM DOWN, THEY’RE GONNA END TOO SOON

GOING FOR THE GOOD TIME WHILE THE GOINGS PRETTY GOOD

AND I DID ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON

THAT WEDNESDAY SORTA ACTED LIKE THE HUMP IT WAS

BY THURSDAY WE’RE A BAND ON THE RUN

AND EVERYBODY KNOWS AROUND THIS WORLD

NOT A SOUL CAN MAKE IT OUT ALIVE

I DON’T CARE ABOUT REGRETS, OR EVEN LOSING BETS

DON’T WANNA CHECK OUT, WHEN I JUST ARRIVED

YOU KNOW THAT WEDNESDAY STILL THAT MIDDLE CHILD IT ALWAYS IS

BY THURSDAY WE’RE A BAND ON THE RUN

AND SO I LEFT A LITTLE EARLY FROM A THREE FOOT CUBICLE

ON A MID AUGUST FRIDAY AFTERNOON

IT’S A MIDDLE AUGUST FRIDAY AFTERNOON