If I Had Known

A little creek you could spit across
 Jimmy and me each took one more toss
 our spinners bright in the evening air
 People always said, There ain't no fish in there
 Well grownups they ain't always right
 Jimmy and me walked home slow that night
 right down Main Street in our P.F. Fliers
 with two 5 lb. bass making grown men liars
 Jimmy if I had known--
 I might have stopped fishing right then
 It's just as well we don't know
 when things will never be that good again
 A hayride on an Autumn night
 Well we was 15 if I remember right
 We were far apart at the start of the ride
 but somehow we ended up side by side
 We hit a bump and she grabbed my arm
 The night was as cold as her lips were warm
 I shivered as her hand held mine
 And then I kissed her one more time
 And Jane if I had known--
 I might have stopped kissing right then
 It's just as well we don't know
 when things will never be that good again
 She was older than me I guess
 Summer was invented for her to wear that dress
 I knew about risk and she knew about proof
 and that night she took me up on the roof
 We could see the lights of the little towns
 We could watch the August stars come down
 Shooting stars, meteorites--
 we went on a ride through the sky that night
 And, oh, if I had known--
 I'd do it all over again
 Some things just get better and better
 and better than they've already been