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If I Knew Then

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Backstreet Boys

Backstreet Boys

Performer

Soulshock & Karlin

Soulshock & Karlin

All Instruments

Claude Kelly

Background Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Carsten Schack

Composer

Claude Kelly

Composer

Kenneth Karlin

Composer

Soulshock & Karlin

Soulshock & Karlin

Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Soulshock & Karlin

Soulshock & Karlin

Producer

Claude Kelly

Vocal Producer

Kenneth Karlin

Producer

Bill Malina

Recording Engineer

Serben Ghenea

Mixing Engineer

John Hanes

Engineer

Tim Roberts

Assistant Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Life should be like a game of cards

You make a mistake, shuffle the deck and start over

It should be just like driving in your car

Get lost and your navigation system gets you closer

[Verse 2]

But there ain't no handbook

You're on your own

Got no instructions

When it comes to love

'Cause once you do something

Can't be undone

Wish I could take back

Letting you go

[Verse 3]

If I knew then

What I know now

I wouldn't have said

I don't need you around

Alone in this mess

Silence is so loud

So I would treat you the best

Baby, if I knew then

What I know now (What I know now)

What I know now (What I know now)

What I know now (What I know now)

Yeah I would treat you the best

Baby, if I knew then

What I know now

[Verse 4]

Life should come with remote controls

Then I could rewind it to the time it was better

It should have a restart button so

I could travel right back to the day that I met her

[Verse 5]

But there ain't no handbook

You're on your own

Got no instructions

When it comes to love

'Cause when you do something

Can't be undone

Wish I could take back

Letting you go

[Verse 6]

If I knew then

What I know now

I wouldn't have said

I don't need you around

Alone in this mess

Silence is so loud

So I would treat you the best

Baby, if I knew then

What I know now (What I know now)

What I know now (What I know now)

What I know now (What I know now)

Yeah I would treat you the best

Baby, if I knew then

What I know now

Oh, oh, oh yeah

[Verse 7]

'Cause there ain't no handbook (Handbook)

You're on your own (Your own)

Got no instructions (Instructions)

When it comes to love (To love)

See once you do something (You do)

Can't be undone (Undone)

Wish I could take back

Letting you go

[Verse 8]

If I knew then

What I know now

I wouldn't have said

I don't need you around

Alone in this mess

Silence is so loud

So I would treat you the best

Baby, if I knew then

What I know now (What I know now)

What I know now (What I know now)

What I know now (What I know now)

Yeah I would treat you the best

Baby, if I knew then

What I know now (What I know now)

[Verse 9]

I wouldn't have said

I don't need you around

Alone in this mess

Silence is so loud

So I would treat you the best

Baby, if I knew then

What I know now (What I know now)

What I know now (What I know now)

What I know now (What I know now)

Yeah I would treat you the best

Baby, if I knew then

What I know now

Written by: Carsten Schack, Claude Kelly, Kenneth Karlin

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