If I'd Only Known - Jad Fair, Daniel Johnston

If I’d only known, I could have said something sooner

But I didn’t, so I didn’t, now it’s done

The last thing I’d do was the first thing you did

What we once had is all gone

I see it all, a little too clear

Too clear for my own good

«Let sleeping dogs lie» is a good rule, I’m told

I only wish that it would

If I’d only known, I could have said something sooner

I really did think it would last

Now it’s too late, it’s over now

My future is all in my past