if i could be a little boy again
and i could talk to myself now
and if i could see all the mistakes
would i change my life? and how?
some of my mistakes involved money
and some of them involved my fists
some of them were all about women
and that’s far too many names to list
every bad decision, every wrong turn
yes they all brought me down
but all of them made me who i am
so i think i’d live through them again
you can speculate all night long
about how i’d be different now
if i could change all the roads i’ve run
all the times i brought myself down
but i think if i could be a little boy again
still knowing all the lessons of my life
and if i could see all the mistakes
i think i’d live through them again
i wouldn’t want to forget what’s-her-name
in that run down Little Rock bar
and, oh, the trip to California!
it was the mistakes that took me so far
if you could wipe all of my memories
leaving me only just a few
i’d think i'd choose to keep the memories
of all my mistakes with you
yes, if i could be a little boy again
still knowing all the lessons from my sin
and if i could see all the mistakes
i think i’d live through them again.