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If I Could Do It Over
By Gretchen Cryer
Copyright 2000 Gretchen Cryer
Song lyric about what the writer would do differently, especially with her son.

If I could do it over
If I could start again
I’d take some time to feel the rain
To touch somebody's hand
And I would look and see the dawn
And bless the morning skies
I would stand outside and feel the storm
And watch the river rise
 
If I could do it over
If I could see my son
I would sit and listen
As he tells me what he's done
And I would never be afraid
 
To hold him when he cries
Or to see my own reflection
In his lost and lonely eyes.
 
The days go by, the moments fly
A life goes by, I never said I love you
The million things to fill the day
Were all a way to never say I care
The seasons changed from fall to fall
I missed them all and never said I love you
So much to do, while passing through
The family grew and I was never there
 
If I could do it over
If I could start again
I’d take my son and sit him down
And tell him where I've been
Then he could find a better way
And maybe he could feel
And wouldn't have to hide inside himself
Pretending that he's real
 
If I could do it over
There's so much I would say
If I could do it over
I would say I love you
Every day