Words and Music by Dave DeWhitt © 2012 Midnight Muse Media ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
What I Know Now
You broke the picture on my wall
When you slammed the door
You made the dog sleep in the hall
And you made me sleep on the floor
You treated happiness like a crime
And I can’t remember why
I ever thought you were such a good idea at the time
So goodbye
You hung the phone up on my friends
Every time they dared to call
You never bothered to pretend
That you needed me at all
I hate to say it but it’s true
I should’ve done this long before
I’ve wasted so much time
But now I’m showing you the door
If I knew then what I know now
It might have been easier somehow
To save myself a thousand rainy days
If I had half a chance again
I would’ve never let you in
No, I’d run the other way
That’s what I know now
We only have one chance to get this right
So what’s the point of crying every night?
Mama always told me, “Son, don’t bother to complain
If you don’t have the sense to come out of the rain.”
If I knew then what I know now
I would’ve found a way somehow
To put out this fire while it was just a flame
If I had half a chance again
You would’ve never pulled me in
No, you’d never even know my name
That’s what I know now
When you slammed the door
You made the dog sleep in the hall
And you made me sleep on the floor
You treated happiness like a crime
And I can’t remember why
I ever thought you were such a good idea at the time
So goodbye
You hung the phone up on my friends
Every time they dared to call
You never bothered to pretend
That you needed me at all
I hate to say it but it’s true
I should’ve done this long before
I’ve wasted so much time
But now I’m showing you the door
If I knew then what I know now
It might have been easier somehow
To save myself a thousand rainy days
If I had half a chance again
I would’ve never let you in
No, I’d run the other way
That’s what I know now
We only have one chance to get this right
So what’s the point of crying every night?
Mama always told me, “Son, don’t bother to complain
If you don’t have the sense to come out of the rain.”
If I knew then what I know now
I would’ve found a way somehow
To put out this fire while it was just a flame
If I had half a chance again
You would’ve never pulled me in
No, you’d never even know my name
That’s what I know now