Blues Traveler - My Only Regret текст песни

Music & lyrics: john popper

Please let me speak of my only regret

Let me speak of the girl that Im sure youve all met

A kind with the earth like a dream that youve 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 cant help but wonder, what if Id stayed

Devoid of a purpose, devoid of a place

I muster my courage by the smile on her face

Im not used to people didnt know who they were

It needed a reason so Id 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 cant help but wonder, what if Id 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

Shed not yet arrived and soon wed 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 cant help but wonder, what if Id 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 cant help but wonder, what if Id 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 theyre yours

And try them out in real life, cause thats what theyre 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 cant 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