Instead of This

I've been thinking about a lovely Beatle You never were knighted, But you were only blighted The songs that bird would've sang If it weren't for that bang If he would have chose that, instead of this Instead of this Might it have been a bliss? Instead of this Some say this we'd miss But I think I'd roll the dice And try the whole thing twice Oh, yes, Instead of this I've been thinking about 1968 The chosen who were blasted What if they had lasted? The lives we'd have saved If there wasn't a man depraved If he would have chose that, instead of this Instead of this Might it have been a bliss? Instead of this Some say this we'd miss But I think I'd roll the dice And try the whole thing twice Oh, yes, Instead of this I've been thinking about the unlived life Our deepest of dreams Never realized it seems Much more joy to have known If that flower could have grown If we would have chose that, instead of this Instead of this Might it have been a bliss? Instead of this Some say this we'd miss But I think I'd roll the dice And try the whole thing twice Oh, yes, Instead of this