How I Wish

Once you said you loved me

Placed no one above me

Prayed for me to make that vow

What dumb thing did I say?

So busy being blasé

How I wish you'd ask me now

I was vain and wise then

Prone to be unkind then

Wish they'd turn back time somehow

Then I was audacious

I ignored what was precious

How I wish you'd ask me now

I thought I would always be

So footloose and fancy free

How could I have been so blind?

What I once made light of

Turned out to be true love

Once my ego ruled me

Flattered me and fooled me

More times than the law allows

You ask me could I care?

My attention was elsewhere

How I wish you'd ask me now