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Oh Oh I, I was a city boy
Riding to danger's where i'd always run, above and is hurt
I wouldn't have done
All the things that I've done
If I knew, one day you would come
Now baby, now baby, now baby
Oh oh I, I know it breaks your heart
To picture the only one you wanna love
In someone else's arms
But I wouldn't have done
All the things that I've done
If I knew, one day you would come
Now baby, now baby, now baby
Ohh baby please
Lets leave the past behind us
So that we can go where love will find us
Yeah will find us
I know once girls would leave me
But I know that you believe me
Baby I, I wish we were seventeen
So I could give you all the innocence
That you gave to me
No, I wouldn't have done
All the things that I have done
If I knew one day you would come
If I knew one day you would come
Riding to danger's where i'd always run, above and is hurt
I wouldn't have done
All the things that I've done
If I knew, one day you would come
Oh oh I, I know it breaks your heart
To picture the only one you wanna love
In someone else's arms
But I wouldn't have done
All the things that I've done
If I knew, one day you would come
Ohh baby please
Lets leave the past behind us
So that we can go where love will find us
Yeah will find us
But I know that you believe me
So I could give you all the innocence
That you gave to me
No, I wouldn't have done
All the things that I have done
If I knew one day you would come
If I knew one day you would come
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This wonderful song addresses a rarely-admitted affliction called retroactive jealousy. Even more unusual, it comes from the perspective of the partner NOT afflicted by it, yet he empathizes and wishes he could change his own past so that his lover wouldn't have to be haunted by it.
He even calls one of the hallmark issues with RJ, which is mental images: "I know it breaks your heart / To picture the only one you wanna love / In someone else's arms"
I have searched for YEARS for songs on this topic. This seems to be the only one that satisfies, a beautifully song with high production value. There may be other examples but they are either vague or dodge the topic a bit (John Lennon - "Jealous Guy"), or are just C-grade spotify backfill.
Hope to be proven wrong with some other songs.