Ian Anderson - Might-Have-Beens lyrics

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We all must wonder, now and then, if things had turned out -

Well - just plain different.

Chance path taken, page unturned or brief encounter,

Blossomed, splintered.

Might you have been the man of courage, brave upon life's battlefield,

Captain Commerce, high-flown banker, hedonistic, down-at-heel?

A Puritan of moral fibre, voice raised in praise magnificent?

Or rested in assured repose, knowing your lot in quiet content?

What-ifs, Maybes and Might-have-beens fly,

Soft petals on a breeze.

What-ifs, Maybes and Might-have-beens.

Why-nots, Perhaps and Wait-and sees