A Lot of Things Different

(Bill Anderson/Dean Dillion)


I’d spent a lot more time out in the pourinrain
Without an umbrella coverin 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 dippin with Jenny Carson that time she dared me to
But I didn’t

Oh I, I’d done a lot of things different
I wish I’d spent more time with my dad when he was alive
Now I don’t have the chance
And I wish I’d told my brother how much I loved him before he went off to war
But I just shook his hand
I wish I’d gone to church on Sunday mornin when my grandma begged me to
But I was afraid of God
I wish I woulda 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 shoulda bought it, but I didn’t
She wanted to paint our bedroom yellow and trim it in blues and greens
But I wouldn’t let her, it wouldn’t of hurt nothin
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 gonna be our last dance
I’d of 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, ooh

Oh I, I’d done a lot of things different
Oh I, I’d done a lot of things
I think we’d all do a lot of things different