I should have done it differently

Had my neck been less stiff

Treated it all less flippantly

And now I’m thinking ‘if’.

 

My mind was elsewhere when you came

Wandering for a jiff

Daydreaming is all I can blame

And now I’m pondering ‘if’.

 

If I’d just thought before I spoke

Too caught up in the tiff

I only thought it was a joke

And now I’m left with ‘if’.

 

Of all the stupid things to say

And sure to cause you grief

In all the English tongue today

The longest word is ‘if’.