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I Wouldn't Change a Damn Thing at All

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By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual WarriorPublished 5 months ago 2 min read

(Verse 1)

I see you tensing up, waiting for the shoe to drop,

Just bracing for the moment when you think my love will stop.

You’re searching for a sign that I am starting to regret,

Lookin' For a reason I might leave that I haven't found just yet.

Verse 2

You think you’re just a debt I’m paying, or a wrong turn that I took,

A choice I made at midnight that I’m now forced to overlook.

But you’re reading our story all wrong, from the finish to the start, You aren't a mistake—you’re the only steady part of my heart

(Chorus)

People ask if I’d go back and straighten out all the lines,

If I’d un-break my heart or rewrite the worst of my times.

But I wouldn’t trade one jagged scar or one clumsy stumbling fall,

On this rough road I've crawled

That led straight to you

I wouldn't change a damn thing at all

No, baby, i wouldn't change a damn thing at all

(Verse 2)

You’re like gravity I never had to fight,

The first thing in a million years that always felt completely right.

Before I knew your name, the world was mostly noise,

A collection of my failures and hollow, broken joys.

But you’re the steady pulse that turned my chaos into life,

The only place of rest I’ve found in all this jagged strife.

So stop bracing for a "goodbye" that I’m never gonna give,

You’re the only "yes" I’ve found that makes me want to live.

(Chorus)

People ask if I’d go back and straighten out all the lines,

If I’d un-break my heart or rewrite the worst of my times.

But I wouldn’t trade one jagged scar or one clumsy stumbling fall,

On this rough road I've crawled

That led straight to you

I wouldn't change a damn thing at all

No, baby, i wouldn't change a damn thing at all

(Bridge)

If the road was a fever, you’re the cool against my skin,

If the years were a desert, you’re where the rain begins.

I’d walk every mile of that lonely, broken pavement again

Just to end up in this moment where our forever story can begin.

(Chorus)

People ask if I’d go back and straighten out all the lines,

If I’d un-break my heart or rewrite the worst of my times.

But I wouldn’t trade one jagged scar or one clumsy stumbling fall,

On this rough road I've crawled

That led straight to you

I wouldn't change a damn thing at all

No, baby, i wouldn't change a damn thing at all

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Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warrior

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    Written by Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warrior