The Life That Could Have Been

I met someone the other day Was good to see her face again She's the one that got a way Way back when Showed photos of her family Soon to marry mum to be She used to want all that with me And she smiled and I laughed Then I imagined if I didn't take that flight What would my world be like Would I be standing at the altar by her side Would her child be mine And I think that I've just seen The Life That Could Have Been She's happy now and that's a fact And who am I to mess with that So I won't try to get her back In a way I'm glad 'Cause that was then and this is now Still I can't help but think about All the things that I'm without But I wave the white flag Then I imagined if I didn't take that flight What would my world be like Would I be standing at the altar by her side Would her child be mine And I think that I've just seen The Life That Could Have Been As she was walking away I thought I saw her Turn back and hesitate And look at me as if to say I imagine if you didn't take that flight What would my world be like Would you be standing at the altar by my side What would our child look like Then I imagined if I didn't take that flight What would my world be like Would I be standing at the altar by her side Would her child be mine And oh it's the strangest thing And I think that I've just seen The Life That Could Have Been The Life That Should Have Been