(bill anderson/dean dillion)
i´d spent a lot more time out in the pourinrain
without an umbrella coverin my head
and i´d stood up to that bully when he pushed and called me names
but i was too afraid
and i´d a gone on and saw elvis that night he came to town
but mama said i couldn´t
and i´d a went skinny dippin with jenny carson that time she dared me to
but i didn´t

oh i, i´d done a lot of things different
i wish i´d spent more time with my dad when he was alive
now i don´t have the chance
and i wish i´d told my brother how much i loved him before he went off to war
but i just shook his hand
i wish i´d gone to church on sunday mornin when my grandma begged me to
but i was afraid of god
i wish i woulda listened when they said boy you´re gonna wish you hadn´t
but i wouldn´t

oh i, i´d done a lot of things different
people say they wouldn´t change a thing
even if they could
oh but i would

there was this red dress she wanted one time so bad she could taste it
and i shoulda bought it, but i didn´t
she wanted to paint our bedroom yellow and trim it in blues and greens
but i wouldn´t let her, it wouldn´t of hurt nothin
she loved to be held and kissed and touched
but i didn´t do it, not nearly enough
and if i´d a known that dance was gonna be our last dance
i´d of asked that band to play on and on, on and on

oh i, i´d done a lot of things different
people say they wouldn´t change a thing
even if they could
oh but i would, ooh

oh i, i´d done a lot of things different
oh i, i´d done a lot of things
i think we´d all do a lot of things different