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Words and music by Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers

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Shoulda coulda kept up with my lessons
I would be a master by now
Shoulda toured the world when I was younger
Shoulda done what mama don’t allow

Shoulda seen exactly what was coming
Shoulda known the honeymoon would end
Shoulda stopped the bully on the playground
Shoulda coulda been a better friend

In the rearview mirror, it is all so clear
Just where the road not taken would have gone
Giving so much care for the then and there
We’ve got no clue what’s really going on
Singing I...shoulda coulda

Should coulda picked a different major
Mighta made a stinking pile of dough
Mighta had the luxury and leisure
To wonder what I ever do it for

Shoulda let you how I was feeling
All the things that needed to be said
Mighta had the crucial conversation
Scripted out so clearly in my head

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Said I love you (shoulda coulda)
Flossed my teeth more
Gone to grad school
Joined the Peace Corps

Seized the moment
Wrote the novel
Told the whole truth
Cut my losses

Spoken up more
Hit the road, Jack
Used protection
Learned a language

Said thank you
Tried harder
Quit the damn job
Been kinder

I shoulda wasted way less time
Singing I...shoulda coulda

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from Live and Listening, released October 16, 2019

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Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers Syracuse, New York

John Lennon Songwriting Contest grand prize winner and founding editor of Acoustic Guitar magazine.

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