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If I Had Known Then (What I Know Now) Lyrics by Michael Friedman

Fortress of Solitude (Original Cast Recording)

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[JUNIOR]
If I had known then, what I know now
That the days won't always be sunny
That people lie for your money
That you cannot trust a friend
That love comes to an end
What would I have done?
[THE SUBTLE DISTINCTIONS]
What would I have done?
[JUNIOR and THE SUBTLE DISTINCTIONS]
What would I have done?
[JUNIOR]
If I had known then, what I know now
That you never would be true
That you would leave me without you
[JUNIOR and THE SUBTLE DISTINCTIONS]
That I would have to be alone
That every night I'd cry into the phone...
[THE SUBTLE DISTINCTIONS]
What would I have done?
[JUNIOR and THE SUBTLE DISTINCTIONS]
What would I have done?
I was a boy, a boy, a boy
[THE SUBTLE DISTINCTIONS]
Who never knew
What it was to be a man
And now I know
I know, I know
I know it's over
It's over
[JUNIOR]
I never knew
How
And now I know
Now I understand
It's over
It's over
[JUNIOR and THE SUBTLE DISTINCTIONS]
It's over, it's over, it's over
[JUNIOR]
If I had known then
What I know now
[THE SUBTLE DISTINCTIONS]
Ooh, ooh...
Whoa oh...
Whoa oh... ooh ooh ooh...
What would I have done?
What would I have done?
Credits
Michael Friedman

Michael Friedman

About “If I Had Known Then (What I Know Now)” by Michael Friedman

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"If I Had Known Then (What I Know Now)" appears on "Fortress of Solitude (Original Cast Recording)".

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