I Didn't Know It At the Time

I thought that my first love would be my wife

But in junior high she moved away from here

And I thought Johnny'd always be my best friend

I haven't talked to him in fifteen yearsBack when I had those fights with my old man

I never thought he'd be an old manAnd I didn't know all those years ago

How the years would go flyin' by

Thought I knew it all but I was wrong

And I didn't know, I didn't know it at the timeI never thought good jobs were hard to find

Till I let my pride cost me one

I never thought my whole life would change

Till I heard the doctor say I had a sonI never really thought that I was lost

Until I heard my dyin' mother

Sing 'Old Rugged Cross'And I didn't know all those years ago

How the years would go flyin' by

Thought I knew it all but I was wrong

And I didn't know, I didn't know it at the timeOh, I thought I knew it all, oh but I was wrong

And I didn't know, I didn't know it at the time

I didn't know, didn't know, didn't know

I didn't know, oh, I didn't know, oh