Well the smoke's all cleared, the bodies all counted And the first on the list looks a lot like me And wounds get licked, retreats get mounted When you're blind to everything That everybody else can see But it seemed like a good A good idea at the time...at the time... Mistakes get made and things get broken And picking up the pieces Never was a strength of mine And eyes shut tight And a heart wide open It's just a bad combination And trouble's comin' down the line But it seemed like a good A good idea at the time...at the time Ain't no wishful thinking Ain't no best laid plans Ain't no way around it tonight... But it seemed like a good A good idea at the time...at the time But it seemed like a good A good idea at the time...at the time