Music & lyrics: john popper

Please let me speak of my only regret
Let me speak of the girl that I'm sure you've all met
A kind with the earth like a dream that you've had
Terribly happy and wonderfully sad
This dream got to know me when I was in school
She made me look silly while I tried to act cool

She asked me to dance and I flatly refused
For my perpetual fear of being abused
She brushed me once more, and I turned away
So I can't help but wonder, what if I'd stayed

Devoid of a purpose, devoid of a place
I muster my courage by the smile on her face
I'm not used to people didn't know who they were
It needed a reason so I'd do it all for her
To pry for a meeting, how secretly I dreamed
Song and dance to hide, how easily it screamed

She asked me to dance and I flatly refused
For my perpetual fear of being abused
She brushed me once more, and I turned away
But I can't help but wonder, what if I'd stayed

Soon I wound up in a rock and roll band
A conquested number part of my total plan
One night we played for many, but I played for one
She'd not yet arrived and soon we'd be done
We finished too early and another band was on
My hopes for impressing this girl were gone

She asked me to dance and I flatly refused
For my perpetual fear of being abused
She brushed me once more, and I turned away
But I can't help but wonder, what if I'd stayed

She got there soon after and to my surprise
She walked right up to me with those beautiful eyes
She tried conversation, I tried to be bold
I came off indifferent, my manner was cold
I could see I was tired, perhaps unprepared
But the truth of the matter, I was too damn scared

You see she asked me to dance and I flatly refused
For my perpetual fear of being abused
She brushed me once more, and I turned away
But I can't help but wonder, what if I'd stayed

In different directions our two lives have led
And though not with her, but with thoughts in my head
Regrets can be scary, they can choke like a noose
But I also believe they can be put to good use
So follow your views, but be sure that they're yours
And try them out in real life, cause that's what they're for

She asked me to dance and I flatly refused
My perpetual fear of being abused
She brushed me once more, and I turned away
But I can't help but wonder, to this very day

The next time the girl of your dreams asks to dance
Put your dreams on the shelf and just give it a chance

• 1999
• 4th of July
• Ain't That Life
• All up to You
• American Way
• And So It Goes
• Annie Laurie
• Anything Goes
• As We Wonder
• Bad to The Bone
• Best Be on My Way
• Black Cat Jam
• Blister in The Sun
• Can't Get a Light
• Carry Me Home
• Chan's Groove
• Change
• Christmas
• Christmas Blues
• Circle of The Rings
• Cleopatra's Cat
• Come Together
• Corn Mash Blues
• Cracks in The Stone
• Decision of The Skies
• Didn't Mean to Wake Up
• Diner
• Do I Move You
• Dream On
• Faith in You
• Fallen Empire
• Far Away
• Feelin' Groovy
• Five to One
• Get Out of Denver
• Get Out Today
• Gloria
• Glory Glory
• Going up to The Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue
• Hard to Exist
• Her Me
• Hey Joe
• Hi Heeled Sneakers
• Hit The Road, Jack
• Home is Where You Are
• Hurdy Gurdy Fandango
• I Want to Take You Higher
• I've Been Working on The Railroad
• In The Name of a Cause
• Intro
• Jabberwock
• Jonesin' Prayin'
• Just for Me
• Louie Louie
• Low Rider
• Maybe I'm Wrong
• Midnight Hour
• Mind to Ramble
• Miss You
• Mmmbop
• Monster
• Moonlight Serenade
• Mother Funker
• My Only Regret
• Never a Lover & Always The Friend
• Outta My Hands
• Princeton Eyes
• Put Your Lollipop Away
• Rock Me Baby
• Sarah
• Secret Agent Man
• Severe Infatuation
• She Caught The Katy
• Shotgun Shell
• Should I Stay or Should I Go
• Sick of It All
• Silent Night
• Some Things I Will Not Pretend
• Spinning Spiraling Machine
• Star Spangled Banner
• Superstition
• Sweet Home Chicago
• The Conga
• The Devil Went Down to Georgia
• The Heavens Get Pissed
• The Joker
• The Light in Her Eyes
• The Path
• The Way
• The Weight
• Time is Free
• To Fro
• Traveler Suite
• View
• Wang Dang Doodle
• Weird Chick
• What Do You Want from Me?
• When Johnny Comes Marching Home
• When The Levee Breaks
• Who Do You Love
• With You
• Wouldn't It Make You Mad
• You Rescued Me