Little Texas - What Might Have Been

Sometimes what would be over the top can fit a particular moment.  I would usually write about what the moment meant, but I just did.  The number of moments that might have been, but which were sacrificed, those bear thinking on.



What Might Have Been (Songwriters: Dwayne O'Brien, Porter Howell, Brady Seals)

Sure I think about you now and then
But it's been a long long time
I've got a good life now I've moved on
So when you cross my mind

I try not to think about
What might have been
'Cause that was then
And we have taken different roads
We can't go back again
There's no use giving in
And there's no way to know
What might have been

We could sit and talk about this all night long
And wonder why we didn't last
Yes they might be the best days
We will ever know
But we'll have to leave them in the past

So try not to think about
What might have been
'Cause that was then
And we have taken different roads
We can't go back again
There's no use giving in
And there's no way to know
What might have been

That same old look in your eyes
It's a beautiful night
I'm so tempted to stay
But too much time has gone by
We should just say goodbye
And turn and walk away

And try not to think about
What might have been
'Cause that was then
And we have taken different roads
We can't go back again
There's no use giving in
And there's no way to know
What might have been

No we'll never know
What might have been

Hitting the beach on D-Day meant that you hadn't drowned, your kit and weapons dragging you down under the rolling sea.  Surviving that meant that you had to only deal with German machine guns and mortars and artillery.  That day saw the death of not just thousands of lives, but thousands of dreams.  It's a sad statement on the degraded state of this Republic that it needs a schlocky Country music song to make us think on that.

Four years apart.  Think on that, what that meant to young lovers.   It doesn't sound so sentimental when you think on that.  If you're any damn good at all.

Try not to think about what might have been, if the dead had come home.  Or if they never would have had to go at all.