My Only Regret Lyrics - Blues Traveler

Music & lyrics: john popper 

Please let me speak of my only regret 

Let me speak of the girl that I'm sure you've all met 

A kind with the earth like a dream that you've had 

Terribly happy and wonderfully sad 

This dream got to know me when I was in school 

She made me look silly while I tried to act cool 

She asked me to dance and I flatly refused 

For my perpetual fear of being abused 

She brushed me once more, and I turned away 

So I can't help but wonder, what if I'd stayed 

Devoid of a purpose, devoid of a place 

I muster my courage by the smile on her face 

I'm not used to people didn't know who they were 

It needed a reason so I'd do it all for her 

To pry for a meeting, how secretly I dreamed 

Song and dance to hide, how easily it screamed 

She asked me to dance and I flatly refused 

For my perpetual fear of being abused 

She brushed me once more, and I turned away 

But I can't help but wonder, what if I'd stayed 

Soon I wound up in a rock and roll band 

A conquested number part of my total plan 

One night we played for many, but I played for one 

She'd not yet arrived and soon we'd be done 

We finished too early and another band was on 

My hopes for impressing this girl were gone 

She asked me to dance and I flatly refused 

For my perpetual fear of being abused 

She brushed me once more, and I turned away 

But I can't help but wonder, what if I'd stayed 

She got there soon after and to my surprise 

She walked right up to me with those beautiful eyes 

She tried conversation, I tried to be bold 

I came off indifferent, my manner was cold 

I could see I was tired, perhaps unprepared 

But the truth of the matter, I was too damn scared 

You see she asked me to dance and I flatly refused 

For my perpetual fear of being abused 

She brushed me once more, and I turned away 

But I can't help but wonder, what if I'd stayed 

In different directions our two lives have led 

And though not with her, but with thoughts in my head 

Regrets can be scary, they can choke like a noose 

But I also believe they can be put to good use 

So follow your views, but be sure that they're yours 

And try them out in real life, cause that's what they're for 

She asked me to dance and I flatly refused 

My perpetual fear of being abused 

She brushed me once more, and I turned away 

But I can't help but wonder, to this very day 

The next time the girl of your dreams asks to dance 

Put your dreams on the shelf and just give it a chance