Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

(Mark Erelli)

Wish I could say that I didn't know

If we held on too tight or just let it all go

Thinking maybe we'd profit from time spent alone

We must have been crazy back then

I remember the words you said as you left

What you've done I could never forgive or forget

But inside I was hoping, despite all your regret

That maybe we'd finish as friends

CHORUS

I guess it's all true, you know what they say

You don't know what you've got 'till you've thrown it away

When nothing is ventured, nothing is gained

But some things cannot be so easily explained

Looking back now it's so easy to see

If I'd just stood by you and you'd just stood by me

That together we'd weather all life's stormy seas

With each other for a captain and crew

And for all of that time we've invested in love

You might have thought we could rise above all of this stuff

But what we got in return wasn't nearly enough

To keep us from singing the blues

I guess it's all true, you know what they say

You don't know what it's worth 'till you've thrown it away

(CHORUS)

They say all wounds are healed by the graces of time

And that lonely is only a state of mind

Still I wish you were walking right here by my side

To have and to hold 'till the day that I die

I guess it's all true, you know what they say

You don't know what you've got 'till you've thrown it away