It's a calculation I made a mistake on
I never should have said it like I said
It'll come to me later like a space invader
And I won't be able get it out of my head

What if I'd never written the letter
I slipped in the sleeve of the record I gave you
What if I'd stayed on the C train until Lafayette
What if we'd never met
What if I'd only just done what you told me
And never looked back
What if I'd only ducked away down the hallway
And faded to black
It was too romantic. It was sad and frantic
A paperback book in the storm drain
It could go number one if I copied an earworm
From a melody that I wish I'd had
What if I'd never written the letter
I slipped in the sleeve of the record I gave you
What if I'd stayed on the C train until Lafayette
What if we'd never met
What if I'd only just done what you told me
And never looked back
What if I'd only ducked away down the hallway
And faded to black
What if I'd never written the letter
I slipped in the sleeve of the record I gave you
What if I'd stayed on the C train until Lafayette
What if we'd never met
What if I'd only just done what you told me
And never looked back
What if I'd only ducked away down the hallway
And faded to black
It'll come to me later like a space invader
And I won't be able get it out of my head
Quarter after four in the morning
My heart’s software gore
Why’d I leave it like that?