Missed My Chance

	Passed through Main Street yesterday and, oh, this town just ain’t the same.
	Looked in the window and it was gone. All those tables I’d written on
	Were vainished as if I had never been there.
	Like poets and prophets who can’t find the words so they stare
	And all that made sense has somehow turned askew
	I missed my chance with you
	There were seconds then minutes then years that I could not breath
	In the Pere Lachaise with the hammer the chisel and the stone
	Now I’ve bartered and begged for what I believed
	And I saw that the name engraved was my own
	Now there’s nothing so peaceful as when I met you
	And there’s nothing so lonely as when it was through
	And the words, “I’m not here anymore,” echo into:
	I missed my chance with you
	Had love play so many tricks on me.
	I’ve always felt cheated that you’d make me leave.
	Like taking my sight after letting me see.
	I found out love had something up it’s sleeve.
	Leave me scattered like leaves by winds that never blew
	When I captured the starts in the palm of my hand it was true
	I’d just give them back
	To you
	I was seventeen, but just for one year
	I always knew one day I’d end up here.
	And the sands have now fallen to the evening of my afternoon
	I was always so ready to stay and always leaving too soon
	And I don’t want to think about it now, but I do.
	And my spirit is restless, ‘cause I know it’s true.
	I missed my chance with you.

	Passed through Main Street yesterday and, oh, this town just ain' t the same.
	Looked in the window and it was gone. All those tables I' d written on
	Were vainished as if I had never been there.
	Like poets and prophets who can' t find the words so they stare
	And all that made sense has somehow turned askew
	I missed my chance with you
	There were seconds then minutes then years that I could not breath
	In the Pere Lachaise with the hammer the chisel and the stone
	Now I' ve bartered and begged for what I believed
	And I saw that the name engraved was my own
	Now there' s nothing so peaceful as when I met you
	And there' s nothing so lonely as when it was through
	And the words, " I' m not here anymore," echo into:
	I missed my chance with you
	Had love play so many tricks on me.
	I' ve always felt cheated that you' d make me leave.
	Like taking my sight after letting me see.
	I found out love had something up it' s sleeve.
	Leave me scattered like leaves by winds that never blew
	When I captured the starts in the palm of my hand it was true
	I' d just give them back
	To you
	I was seventeen, but just for one year
	I always knew one day I' d end up here.
	And the sands have now fallen to the evening of my afternoon
	I was always so ready to stay and always leaving too soon
	And I don' t want to think about it now, but I do.
	And my spirit is restless, ' cause I know it' s true.
	I missed my chance with you.