Hello like before A Hello like before I hope we've grown 'Cause we were only children then For laughs I guess we both can say 'I knew you when' But then again, that's kiss and tell I guess it's different 'Cause we know each other now

I struggle every day but I just can't let the devil in And if I knew back then what I know right now I'd be better than I've ever been, better than I've ever been I've been workin' like I've never been What I know right now You ever wonder what it all

Once I knew a girl in the hard hard times She made me a shirt out of fives and dimes Now she's gone but when I wear it she crosses my mind And if the best is for the best then the best is unkind I realized that Illinois was more than I could stand They

What I know now I'd fall in love. But if I knew then If I knew then 'Cause love only comes Once in a while And knocks on your door And throws you a smile Leaves every scar,