What I Wish I'd Said

He was a skinny kid who might

As well've had a bullseye on his back

'Cause his hand me down clothes

Were not the kind the rest of us kids had

He ate lunch alone most all the time

So he never had much to say

And in part I felt responsible

'Cause in Johnson's class one day

I chose words I was sure

Would make his face turn red

But that's not what I wish I'd said

Me and my little sister were pretty good buddies

But we teased each other a lot

And I thought it was pretty funny

When she couldn't get a date to the prom

And she came home and said

"What the heck, I'll find somethin' else to do"

And I said, "If you weren't such a pain in the neck

Maybe you'd be goin' to"

She looked up and her eyes were red

And lookin' back now

That's not what I wish I'd said

What I wish I'd said to that kid instead

Is I can always use another friend

And what I wish I'd said

If I had the chance is

"Do you think that your big bother

Could escort you to that dance?"

That's what I wish I'd said

Now here we stand just you and me

And tempers are flarin' high

You look like you're about to leave

But before you say goodbye

What I wish I'd said, is a whole lot less

And just held on to our happiness

Now we'd have a lot fewer problems to solve

If I'd just said nothing, nothing at all

Now that's what I wish I'd said

That's what I wish I'd said