I didn't have the time 
I treated you like a beggar on a corner 
I didn't have a good sound byte 
I didn't have the time 
I passed you by 
Isolated, recognize -- 
I just didn't have the time. 

I wish I did. 
I wish I did. 
I wish I did. 
But it's gone. 

You didn't have a chance. 
Not a single second 
Not a smile, not a glance 
You didn't have a chance right then. 
Some lost hypnotic trance 
In your smile 
(It's the same old song and dance) 
You didn't ever have a chance. 

I wish I did. 
I wish I did. 
I wish I did. 
But I don't. 

Sometimes mirrors are the way of the day 
Sometimes people just walk away 
They only see themselves 
like a diamond in the clay. 
I'm just another jobber up against the ropes 
I'm still lost in the claws of this urban smoke 
I only see myself I'm the only one I know. 

I wish I did. 
I wish I did. 
I wish I did. 
But I don't.