What I Would Say

What I Would Say - Steven Curtis Chapman (斯蒂文-柯蒂斯-查普曼)

She was a lovely girl

A charming brown eyed beauty

You were the bright young man

Who swept her off her feet

The high school class ring soon became a wedding band

And you went off to sail the seas for uncle sam

But they say it was

The demon in the bottle

That took you far away

Never to return

And you never knew your son would be my father

And now sometimes I think about you and I wonder

If I could talk to you

What words would I choose

I would say

I wish I could have known you

And I would say I wish you would've stayed

But most of all

I would say

I forgive you

I know your love was strong

I read it in your letters

I read how hard you tried

To break free from the chains

I know we all could say how you should have done better

And wear our anger and resentment like a fetter

But that's why I would

Say this to you if I could

I would say I wish I could have known you

And I would say I wish you would've stayed

But most of all

I would say

I forgive you

I'd love to tell you how

The lovely girl you married

She's been my hero and

A treasure to us all

I know you'd be proud

Of the way your name's been carried

These are things I would

Love to tell you if I could

And I would say I wish

I could have known you

And I would say

I wish you would've stayed

But most of all

I would say

I forgive you

I wish you were here to here

What I would say

I wish you

I wish you

I wish you

I wish you

I wish you

I wish you

I wish you

I wish you

I wish you