This Side of Regret
By: Jeremy Dean
Duration
3:54
Genres
Description
Interesting story behind this song: I was talking to the co-writer about writing a song that was not only an emotion but an actual place on the map. We did not find it right away, but we wrote the song around regret. A few days after we'd written most of it, I discovered Regret, Tennessee, and then changed the names of the roads and places in the song, such as Highway 68, Highway 290, and both places named Surprise and Regret, on the same road.
Lyrics
(C) Protected by copyright. THIS SIDE OF REGRET By Jeremy Dean & Mike Raybon I left her in the kitchen with tears in her eyes I’d fought the thought of leaving but it seemed like the time We’d had enough of trouble, and I had to get away No certain destination down highway 68 (Well) I guess that it’s ironic that I turned down Erie Road But, that’s where lonely found me – with nowhere to go Then I stumbled on 290, where I finally saw the light (And) it changed my life forever on the road to Surprise CHORUS: This side of Regret, near the point of no return That’s where I found our love and another lesson learned I realized there’s nothing better waiting up ahead (And) I turned my life around just this side of Regret Nothing ever makes leaving any better with time (‘Cause) once you’ve made a memory, you can’t erase your mind It boils down to choosing which way you’re gonna go Running back to love or out there on your own Now I know there is nothing that I can’t find at home In the arms of my wife, in a world all our own (So) I’ll buckle down and head back and get to work on love And, if I ever doubt it, I’ll remember when I was… (REPEAT CHORUS)
