Should've Known Better

Train rolling back in
Empty pockets, empty bottle of gin
I shoulda known better
I shoulda tried harder
I shoulda held tighter

Thoughts thrown on the tracks
Can only go forward 'cause I'm not going back
I shoulda known better
I shoulda tried harder
I shoulda held tighter

But who am I to say I didn't try?
When I'm the one who laid it on the line
Who would I be if I didn't go?
I would never know

I shoulda known better
I shoulda tried harder
But I'd rather fall than not try at all
I coulda played safer
But then I realized
I can't see the world through someone else's eyes
Oh my, oh my

This fate I brought on myself
No, I ain't gonna blame anyone else
Just gonna try harder
And gonna be honest with myself

But who am I to say I didn't try?
When I'm the one who laid it on the line
Who would I be if I didn't go?
I would never know, I would never know

I shoulda known better
I shoulda tried harder
But I'd rather fall than not try at all
I coulda played safer
But then I realized
I can't see the world through someone else's eyes
Oh my, oh my

Hold on, hold on
It's all in my mind
Hold on, hold on
It's all in my mind

I shoulda known better
I shoulda tried harder
But I'd rather fall than not try at all
I coulda played safer
But then I realized
I can't see the world through someone else's eyes
Oh my, oh my

So hold on, hold on
It's all in my mind
Hold on, hold on
It's all in my mind