Regrets Lyrics - The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner - Ben Folds

I thought about sitting on the floor in second grade 

I couldn't keep the pace 

I thought I was the only one moving in slow motion 

While the other kids knew something I did not 

But if I acted like a clown 

I thought it'd get me through, it did 

But that don't work no more 

You're not a kid no more 

I thought I'd do some traveling 

Never did 

Regrets, regrets 

I thought about the hours wasted 

Watching TV, drinking beer 

I thought about the things I thought about 

Until immobilized with fear 

And all the great ideas I had 

And how we just made fun 

Of those who had the guts to try and fail 

And then I ended up in jail 

Regrets, regrets 

But just for a day 

Seems the police had made a computer mistake 

Said there must be thousands like me with the same name 

Anyway, I thought about the things I settled for or never tried 

I never visited my grandma even once 

When she was sick before she died 

So I don't blame you if you never come to see me here again 

Regrets, regrets