Who I Am Now

I would zip you up into your dress Clasp your necklace around your neck Instead I use the mirror to straighten my tie Hoping I matched the colors right I would hold your hand through their ceremony And run my fingers over your ring Instead it's another summer without a wedding date Thinking about flirting with that bridesmaid And I wonder if you'd recognize me today The last five years there's been a lot of change, for the better And there's nothing like watching my friends get married To get me thinking about If I was then who I am now Watching the cute little flower girl Would have you dreaming of a daughter With some bouncing blonde curls Instead I small talk with the fathers to the side They tell me how they're jealous of my bachelor life And I wonder if you'd recognize me today The last five years there's been a lot of change, for the better And there's nothing like watching my friends have babies To get me thinking about If I was then who I am now You can learn a lot of lessons from a broken heart Like when to stop pushing before you push too far I learned a lot about patience and making plans How not to treat a woman and how to be a man So I could've never been then who I am now It was the pain and healing that turned me around A case of the right girl at the wrong time Made me the better man I am tonight So I wonder if you'd recognize me today The last five years there's been a lot of change, for the better And I love my life I truly am happy But I can't help thinking about If I was then who I am now If I was then who I am now