The Things That I Know Now

I used to fight my fear with rocks

'til the steady hand of a ticking clock

Turned stumbling stones to building blocks

Oh, the things that I know now

If I could peer through cracks in the wall

I would tell that china doll

You're perfect don't you change at all

Oh, the things that I know now

Though you'll cry bitter tears

Let them fall until they disappear

Don't hold on to ghosts and fears

They fade like flowers and photographs

Through the years

A crooked smile and a heavy hand

You'll never change a wicked man

No matter how much you think you can

Oh, the things that I know now

Sometimes friends sometimes foe

Sometimes the empress has no clothes

A hidden thorn behind the rose

Oh, the things that I know now

Though you'll cry bitter tears

Let them fall until they disappear

Don't hold on to ghosts and fears

They fade like flowers and photographs

Through the years

Oh the things that I know now

Only love can show you how

To love as much as time will allow

All we have is here and now

Until we fade like flowers and photographs

Anyhow

Oh, the things that I know now

Oh, the things that I know now