a lot of things different

i'd spend a lot more time in the pouring rain without an umbrella

covering my head

and i'd stood up to that bully when he pushed and called me names

but i was too afraid

and i'd a gone on and saw elvis that night he came to town

but mama said i couldn't

and i'd a went skinny dipping with jenny carson that time she dared me to

but i didn't

oh i

i'd done a lot of things different

i wished i'd a spent more time with my dad when he was alive

now i don't have the chance

i wish i had told my brother how much i loved him before he went off to war

but i just shook his hand

and i wish i had gone to church on sunday morning when my grandma begged me too

but i was afraid of god

and i wish i would've listened when they said boy

you're gonna wish you hadn't

but i wouldn't

oh i

i'd done a lot of things different

people say they wouldn't change a thing

even if they could

oh but i would

there was this red dress she wanted one time so bad she could taste it

and i should've bought it

but i didn't

she wanted to paint our bedroom yellow and trim it blues and greens

but i wouldn't let her

wouldn't a hurt nuthin

she loved to be held and kissed and touched but i didn't do it

not nearly enough

and if i'd a known that dance was going to be our last dance

i'd a asked that band to play on and on on and on

oh i

i'd done a lot of things different

people say they wouldn't change a thing

even if they could

oh but i would

oh whoa oh i

i'd done a lot of things different

oh i

i'd done a lot of things

i think we've all do a lot of things different