Jethro Tulls Ian Anderson - What-ifs, Maybes and Might Have Beens lyrics

We all must wonder, now and then, if things had turned out - well - just plain different Chance path taken, page unturned or brief encounter, blossomed, splintered Might you have been the man of courage, brave upon life's battlefield Captain Commerce, high-flown banker, hedonistic, down-at-heel? A Puritan of moral fibre, voice raised in praise magnificent? Or rested in a**ured repose, knowing your lot in quiet content? What-ifs, Maybes and Might-have-beens fly Soft petals on a breeze What-ifs, Maybes and Might-have-beens Why-nots, Perhaps and Wait-and-sees