the day to day gets you feeling down it s been a week since you went to town it s getting late so why haven t you called your friends why haven t you made amends it s not the way that you saw your life the one you love she s not your wife you only wanted to make your father proud and buy your mom a new house if you could do it again how would you do it would you go back and do what you never got round to but you know yeah you know that s not how it works if you could be someone else would you do it if you could choose from a shelf would you take a new self but you know yeah you know that s not how it works you want to start it all over again but yeah you know that s not how it works you want to start it all over again but yeah you know that s not how it works you could have been a contender man you would have gathered a million fans you might have taken a rocket to outer space had in your pocket the human race i guess depends on what you expect but either way you must accept it s hard to stand by and see it all go so fast not easy watching the hero pass  if you could do it again how would you do it would you go back and do what you never got round to but you know yeah you know that s not how it works if you could be someone else would you do it if you could choose from a shelf would you take a new self but you know yeah you know that s not how it works you want to start it all over again but yeah you know that s not how it works you want to start it all over again but yeah you know that s not how it works you want to start it all over again but yeah you know that s not how it works you want to start it all over again but yeah you know that s not how it works if you could do it again how would you do it would you go back and do what you never got round to but you know yeah you know that s not how it works if you could be someone else would you do it if you could choose from a shelf would you take a new self but you know yeah you know that s not how it works you want to start it all over again but yeah you know that s not how it works you want to start it all over again but yeah you know that s not how it works you want to start it all over again but yeah you know that s not how it works