Life should be like a game of cards
You make a mistake,
then fold the deck and start over
It should be just like driving in your car
Get lost and your navigation system gets you closer

But
There ain't no handbook
You're on your own
Got no instructions
when it comes to love
Cuz 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

Wish you come with remote controls
then I just rewind into the time it was better
It should have a restart button so
I could travel back right back to the day that I met her

But
There aint no handbook
You're on your own
Got no instructions
when it comes to love
Cuz 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

Ohh...Ohhh...Yeahh..

Cuz there aint no handbook
You're on your own
Got no instructions
when it comes to love
see 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


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