Our lot in life can be of our own making or due to circumstance br And it would be nice so very nice to get a second chance br But we do not get a second chance to correct the past for the clock keeps ticking on br From the past we can only learn for the past is forever gone. br br If I only did this or I only did that the failed business man say br I would still be up there at the top of the social tree today br But he cannot correct his mistakes though he can start off again br The past forever is the past and that fact will remain. br br The hands of time we cannot turn back no matter how we try br The clock keeps ticking on and on the days and weeks go by br The years leave their mark on all of us and to father time we bow br And the past forever is the past we must live in the now. br br If I only did this or I only did that how different my life might be br But time as ever ticks away and time did not wait for me br My past mistakes I cannot correct but from them can only learn br And in memory only memory to the past we can return. br br Our lot in life can be of our own making or due to circumstance maybe br Though perhaps who knows a greater power decides our destiny br And though we cannot correct our past mistakes we can start and try again br Still the past forever is the past and as the past will remain.