12-12-84 ten o'clock at night Funny how you can remember certain moments in your life I wish I could go back to take back the words I said Though it's been years since that night they still echo in my head Time is a teacher and time has taught me well What brings a man to his knees is often brought on by himself If a second chance were offered she could love me like before I'd go back to the end and start over again on 12-12-84 [ piano ] A cold wind was blowing it whistled through the pines I told her I don't need her and she told me goodbye I remember embers dying in the ashes and the coals And like smoke up the chimney I watched a true love go Time is a teacher... I'd go back to the end and start over again on 12-12-84