It's hard to believe   That one night brought me here   If I'd never said that word   I'd have never wasted all these years   My friends say, think of all that I'd have missed   If we'd never met   They don't know that's the stuff   I've been trying to forget      CHORUS   If I'd never gone to Dallas   If I'd never lost track of time   If I'd never missed my plane   Had to stay another night   If I'd never opened up my hotel door   Just as you walked by   I'd have never said hello   You'd have never said goodbye      It's been three weeks   Twenty-one days without a word   I guess if you were coming back   I'd have already heard   I keep thinking about all the things   That I wish I'd never done   It's so clear to me now   I can name them one by one      CHORUS   If I'd never gone to Dallas   If I'd never lost track of time   If I'd never missed my plane   Had to stay another night   If I'd never opened up my hotel door   Just as you walked by   I'd have never said hello   You'd have never said goodbye      It could have all been different   Well, there's no way of knowing   But I'm sure today   It's safe to say   My heart would not be broken      CHORUS   If I'd never gone to Dallas   If I'd never lost track of time   If I'd never missed my plane   Had to stay another night   If I'd never opened up my hotel door   Just as you walked by   I'd have never said hello   You'd have never said goodbye      You'd have never said goodbye   You'd have never said goodbye