If I could, Lord knows I would
Change many things that are past
Make them right, at last

But how on earth can you go back
Retrace your steps and retract
All the heart wrenching mistakes
Like a movie doing retakes?

For life moves on, circumstances change
Things of the past are far out of range
People, places, incidents and meanings
Fade from view leaving few gleanings
That could reconstruct the original setting
Which brought about the remorse for which I am fretting

Yes, through the years I've learned quite a lot
Many understandings that prevent me from not
Doing the things of then in the light of the now
But if I could just change the past, my heart cries how?

I said the wrong things at the right time
And said the right things at the wrong time
In the midst of many a plight, I just didn't get it right
I hurt some whose hearts were tender
It still makes me wince when I remember

Why did I do that without really thinking
Foolish errors without even blinking
Eventhough God has long ago forgiven
Some may find it hard, whose emotions have been riven

But Oh how my heart cries out for the good
And to make undone certain things if I could
Lord knows that I would