If I Knew Then

(album: This Is Us - 2009)

Life should be like a game of cards
You make a mistake
Shuffle the deck and start over (start over)
It should be just like driving in your car
Gets lost and your navigation system
Gets you closer (closer)

But there ain't no handbook
You're own your own
Got no instructions
When it comes to love
'Cause once you do something
Can't be undone
Wish I could take back
Letting you go

If I knew then
What I know now
I wouldn't have said
"I don't need you around."
Alone in this mess
Silence is so loud
So I would treat you the best
Baby if I knew then
What I know now (what I know now)
What I know now (what I know now)
What I know now (what I know now)
Yeah I would treat you the best
Baby if I knew then
What I know now

Life should come with remote controls
Then I could rewind it to the time it was better
It should have a restart button so
I could travel right back to the day that I met her

But there ain't no handbook
You're own your own
Got no instructions
When it comes to love
'Cause once you do something (oh!)
Can't be undone (oh!)
Wish I could take back
Letting you go, yeah

If I knew then
What I know now
I wouldn't have said
"I don't need you around."
(I don't need you around)
Alone in this mess
Silence is so loud (silence is so loud)
So I would treat you the best
Baby if I knew then
What I know now (what I know now)
What I know now (what I know now)
What I know now (what I know now)
Yeah I would treat you the best (the best)
Baby if I knew then (if I knew then)
What I know now

Oh! Oh-oh, oh-oh yeah (oh-oh)
'Cause there ain't no handbook (handbook)
You're own your own (your own)
Got no instructions (instructions)
When it comes to love (to love)
See once you do something (you do)
Can't be undone (undone)
Wish I could take back
Letting you go, oh-oh-oh!

If I knew then
What I know now
I wouldn't have said
"I don't need you around."
Alone in this mess
Silence is so loud (so loud)
So I would treat you the best (the best)
Baby if I knew then (if I knew then)
What I know now (what I know now)
(What I know now)
What I know now (what I know now)
(What I know now)
What I know now (what I know now)
Yeah I would treat you the best
Baby if I knew then (if I knew then)
What I know now (what I know now)
If I knew then
What I know now (oh-oh!)
I wouldn't have said
"I don't need you around." (oh-oh!)
Alone in this mess
Silence is so loud (oh-oh!)
So I would treat you the best
Baby if I knew then
(If I knew then what I know now)
What I know now (what I know now)
What I know now (what I know now)
(What I know now)
What I know now (what I know now)
(I know now)
Yeah I would treat you the best (oh!)
Baby if I knew then
What I know now