I Wouldn’t Change a Thing (Except A Few Things)

Found a box of pictures underneath my bed There’s a girl with

purple bangs and a questionable head

Of ideas about fashion and a boy named Keith Who wore sunglasses

indoors and had terrible teeth

I thought he was mysterious,

thought he was deep Turns out he just liked hearing himself speak

But I learned a thing or two from that disaster Mostly how

to run a little faster

Every wrong turn brought me

here

And I wouldn’t trade these years Well,

mostly…

I wouldn’t change a thing

Except a few

things That haircut and that tattoo

And the man who bought me two rings I’d keep the laughs,

I’d keep the tears I’d keep the friends who stuck around I’d

keep the girl who fell apart And figured out how to stand

her ground

I wouldn’t change a thing

Except a few things!

Remember when I thought I could cook?

Set off the alarm making something from a book

Told my friends, “It’s supposed to look black” They ordered pizza,

never let me live it back Bought a car that only started

downhill

Spent my last twenty on a parking bill But I drove that

thing across three state lines Singing every song like the world was

mine

Every little mess I made

Gave me something good to

say Well, mostly…

I wouldn’t change a thing

Except a few

things That haircut and that tattoo

And the man who bought me two rings I’d keep the laughs,

I’d keep the tears I’d keep the friends who stuck around I’d

keep the girl who fell apart And figured out how to stand

her ground

I wouldn’t change a thing

Except a few things!

And if I met that younger me

I’d tell her, “Honey,

you’re gonna be okay”

Then I’d hug her for a minute And gently take those purple

bangs away

I WOULDN’T CHANGE A THING

Except a few

things! All the wrong roads,

all the right turns

All the lessons that the hard years bring

I’d keep the laughs,

I’d keep the tears Every friend who stuck around I’d keep the

girl who fell apart And figured out how to stand her ground

I wouldn’t change a thing

Except a few things!

Seriously, though…

What was I thinking with those bangs?