Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained Lyrics - Mark Erelli

(Mark Erelli) 

Wish I could say that I didn't know 

If we held on too tight or just let it all go 

Thinking maybe we'd profit from time spent alone 

We must have been crazy back then 

I remember the words you said as you left 

What you've done I could never forgive or forget 

But inside I was hoping, despite all your regret 

That maybe we'd finish as friends 

CHORUS 

I guess it's all true, you know what they say 

You don't know what you've got 'till you've thrown it away 

When nothing is ventured, nothing is gained 

But some things cannot be so easily explained 

Looking back now it's so easy to see 

If I'd just stood by you and you'd just stood by me 

That together we'd weather all life's stormy seas 

With each other for a captain and crew 

And for all of that time we've invested in love 

You might have thought we could rise above all of this stuff 

But what we got in return wasn't nearly enough 

To keep us from singing the blues 

I guess it's all true, you know what they say 

You don't know what it's worth 'till you've thrown it away 

(CHORUS) 

They say all wounds are healed by the graces of time 

And that lonely is only a state of mind 

Still I wish you were walking right here by my side 

To have and to hold 'till the day that I die 

I guess it's all true, you know what they say 

You don't know what you've got 'till you've thrown it away