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In retrospect

By Jinaki

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If I could only go back   To bein' just that lil' girl   Wearin' baby doll dresses     With pigtails n' curls     Havin' no worries       Or concerns at all       Not even a thought         Only those about playin' jump rope n' hopscotch   If I could only go back   To bein' that teenaged jewel   Only concerned with spendin' money     And finishin' high school     Decidin' what I wanna' do n' where I wanna' be       Where I wann' go n' what I wanna' see If I could only go back    To where everything shifted   I would relive it all     And do some things different     But since I can't go back       I will enjoy right now       N' live for each moment         To make life better somehow         I will do away with the bad things           N' make the good ones come back at me           Only I can live my life             N' after all...I should be happy Written March 13th, 2002 © on Mar 13 2002 08:01 AM PST   18 • 0 • 10

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