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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