If I Knew

If I knew then, what I know now Maybe I wouldn't be using a plow, More books I would have read If I was only thinking about 'now' in my head. I would have been a rich man with stocks Now, I can't even afford to buy new socks, If there was just someway or even somehow If I just knew then, what I know now. If I knew then, what I know now I would not had taken that wedding vow, I would still be a single man as I am today But, with no ex's or alimony to pay. I think back of money and the energy I wasted Being rich and independent I would have tasted, If I just could anyway or anyhow If I just knew then, what I know now. If I knew then, what I know now When I think I would with a raised eyebrow, I would smoke from a pipe and not chew tobacco And money from banks would I ever need to borrow. I would live in a mansion with many fine women And everywhere I wanted to travel, I would have already been, I would learn to say that I am no better than you or thou If I just only knew then, what I know now. If I knew then, what I know now Maybe to me people would curtsy and bow, In life I would had known what road or path to take I would have made no errors or a single mistake. Being rich and satisfied I would finally be And I would be smarted than anyone with my college degree, If destiny would commit and God would just allow If I just knew then, what I know now. Randy L. McClave