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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