What could have been?

Verse

I graduated high school.

Went fishing out at sea.

Got educated real fast.

Thought this life ain’t for me.

Heard the ship sank in a storm.

And lost all of the men.

I’m glad I quit when I did.

Wonder what could have been.

Chorus

Life is full of twists and turns

Endless if’s and when.

Makes you stop and ponder

 What could have been?

Verse

I graduated college.

Was gonna go to war.

Saw mutilated young men.

Come home from foreign shores.

Took a safe job in a bank.

The war took my best friend.

I thought that could have been me.

Wonder what would have been?

Chorus

Life is full of twists and turns

Endless if’s and when.

Makes you stop and ponder

 What could have been?

Bridge

I loved a girl and she broke my heart.

A better one came along.

 One road ended another began

That took me where I belong.

Tag

If she hadn’t broken up with me.

What could have been?