Verse 1
I was Johnny Cash’s biggest fan.
As a kid, I almost met the man.
We saw him in a restaurant.
Daddy said: “I know what you want.
So go over there and do what you need to.”
But I was just too afraid to move.
Chorus 1
And driving home my dad said:
“There’ll be things in life that you’ll regret.
As you grow up, you’ll find it’s true.
But the stuff that clutters up your mind
Ain’t the bad things that you’ve tried.
It’s more about those things you didn’t do.”
Now twenty years later it all looks so much clearer
As I’m staring into life’s rearview mirror.
Verse 2
Girls like her only come around once in life.
I hear these days that she’s a smarter man’s wife.
‘Cause stupid me let her go.
Thought I still had oats to sow.
Wouldn’t listen to a word my dad had to say.
Like “Son, don’t let this one get away.”
Chorus 2
“And remember this”, he also said:
“There’ll be things in life that you’ll regret.
As you grow up, you’ll find it’s true.
But the stuff that clutters up your mind
Ain’t the bad things that you’ve tried.
It’s more about those things you didn’t do.”
Now ten years later it all look so much clearer
As I’m staring into life’s rearview mirror.
Bridge
I always wanted to tell my Dad how much his words had meant.
I just didn’t expect yesterday would be the last chance I’d get.
Chorus 3
Well, you were right again Dad, it’s like you said,
There’ll be things in life that I’ll regret.
As I’ve grown up, I’ve come to find it’s true.
But the stuff that clutters up my mind
Ain’t the bad things that I’ve tried.
It’s more about those things I didn’t do.
Now one day later it all looks so much clearer
As I’m staring into life’s rearview mirror.
© Don Micallef
