Backstreet Boys

Released: October 6, 2009

Songwriter: Claude Kelly Soulshock & Karlin

Producer: Soulshock & Karlin

[Intro: Nick]
Oh-oh!

[Verse 1: AJ]
Life should be like a game of cards
You make a mistake
Shuffle the deck and start over (start over)
It should be just like driving in your car
Gets lost and your navigation system
Gets you closer (closer)

[Pre-Chorus: AJ]
But there ain't no handbook
You're own your own
Got no instructions
When it comes to love
'Cause once you do something
Can't be undone
Wish I could take back
Letting you go

[Chorus: All]
If I knew then
What I know now
I wouldn’t have said
"I don’t need you around"
Alone in this mess
Silence is so loud
So I would treat you the best
Baby if I knew then
What I know now (what I know now)
What I know now (what I know now)
What I know now (what I know now)
Yeah I would treat you the best
Baby if I knew then
What I know now

[Verse 2: Nick]
Life should come with remote controls
Then I could rewind it to the time it was better
It should have a restart button so
I could travel right back to the day that I met her

[Pre-Chorus: Nick]
But there ain't no handbook
You're own your own
Got no instructions
When it comes to love
'Cause once you do something (oh!)
Can't be undone (oh!)
Wish I could take back
Letting you go, yeah

[Chorus: All, Nick & Howie]
If I knew then
What I know now
I wouldn’t have said
"I don’t need you around"
(I don't need you around)
Alone in this mess
Silence is so loud (silence is so loud)
So I would treat you the best
Baby if I knew then
What I know now (what I know now)
What I know now (what I know now)
What I know now (what I know now)
Yeah I would treat you the best (the best)
Baby if I knew then (if I knew then)
What I know now

[Bridge: Howie, Brian, Both]
Oh! Oh-oh, oh-oh yeah (oh-oh)
'Cause there ain't no handbook (handbook)
You're own your own (your own)
Got no instructions (instructions)
When it comes to love (to love)
See once you do something (you do)
Can't be undone (undone)
Wish I could take back
Letting you go, oh-oh-oh!

[Chorus: All, Nick & Howie]
If I knew then
What I know now
I wouldn’t have said
"I don’t need you around"
Alone in this mess
Silence is so loud (so loud)
So I would treat you the best (the best)
Baby if I knew then (if I knew then)
What I know now (what I know now)
(What I know now)
What I know now (what I know now)
(What I know now)
What I know now (what I know now)
Yeah I would treat you the best
Baby if I knew then (if I knew then)
What I know now (what I know now)
If I knew then
What I know now (oh-oh!)
I wouldn’t have said
"I don’t need you around" (oh-oh!)
Alone in this mess
Silence is so loud (oh-oh!)
So I would treat you the best
Baby if I knew then
(If I knew then what I know now)
What I know now (what I know now)
What I know now (what I know now)
(What I know now)
What I know now (what I know now)
(I know now)
Yeah I would treat you the best (oh!)
Baby if I knew then
What I know now

The Backstreet Boys are the most successful boy band in history, having sold over 130 million records worldwide, and with their first nine albums reaching the top 10 on the Billboard 200. Florida natives A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, and Nick Carter, along with Kentucky transplant Kevin Richardson, were joined in a band once they attended Lou Pearlman’s auditions for a vocal group in 1992, with the group being completed by Kevin’s cousin Brian Litrell. Once took under the wing of Swedish producer Max Martin in 1995, the stage was set for global domination, attracting the lust of women and the anger of men. While the fad died down and Kevin even left for a while, the band never officially took a break or such.

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