I was talkin' about the past the other night with my pops And he said "Son we all got regrets all that we can do is accept that it's over learn from it and move on" He said you got it all wrong you gotta move on You can't keep singin' that sad ol' song You have to fight to urge to reminisce You can push rewind in your mind It ain't nothin' but a waste of time Today's the day get past this 'Cause the past is practice Another long night down in GA watchin' my whole life replay Under my eye lids everything I did still rides with me these days How could I let her love go how could I let my life get This out of hand I'm talkin' bout the man this here is right where I sit I was raised on deep southern values Life treats you just like how you Treat life, you better think twice But if you blink twice it goes on without you I'm sittin' here livin' in circles Somehow I gotta turn it into a straight line I know anything worth havin' takes time But if patience is a virtue it ain't mine I ain't ever been concerned with tomorrow But yesterday visits me nightly At the bottom of a glass just waitin' on my ass to tell me what might be Had I cut it out sooner, or had I held on longer Then I hear a voice in my head so clear The past is practice it makes you stronger He said you got it all wrong you gotta move on You can't keep singin' that sad ol' song You have to fight to urge to reminisce You can push rewind in your mind It ain't nothin' but a waste of time Today's the day get past this 'Cause the past is practice I see now the blessin's the lesson What's that sayin' what's that expression Yesterday's history tomorrow's a mystery today is a gift that's why they call it present I know that sounds good, when you're sayin' it to somebody else But when it's your turn and your heart hurts it ain't really a whole lot of help But it's like my pops says everybody's got regrets I guess Try as you might, cry and fight it they ain't gon' change it so why stress But we can change tomorrow, with a well played today The lights are on and life goes on Until it don't which makes you say He said you got it all wrong you gotta move on You can't keep singin' that sad ol' song You have to fight to urge to reminisce You can push rewind in your mind It ain't nothin' but a waste of time Today's the day get past this 'Cause the past is practice I mean the fact is there is no finer way to waste time Than to be caught up obsession about the past It's gone, it's gone forever move on love today He said you got it all wrong you gotta move on You can't keep singin' that sad ol' song You have to fight to urge to reminisce You can push rewind in your mind It ain't nothin' but a waste of time Today's the day get past this 'Cause the past is practice