I used to drive them both mad
By staying out till morning
They'd get so cross when I didn't call
I don't think Dad and I have
Seen eye to eye since I said
"I won't finish college after all."
What they didn't know is
I was off in all directions
What they didn't know is
I was wild
What they couldn't get is
I was dying to break loose
From being their child

When I met Catherine, she was
She was looking great, she had just
Come back from a year in Italy
She was ambitious
In a way that I admired
She knew how to focus on her dreams
And what she didn't know is
I fell in lovе with her that moment
What she didn't know is
I was tamе
She knew what she wanted
But I could never find a way
To be the same
Let me tell you what I remember
With Catherine all I had to do was crack a joke
Open my mouth and she would smile
I always knew what to say
To help her put her frown away
And we would sit and we would giggle for a while
And we had a son, a beautiful son
And life was pretty damn great
A decade flew past, impossibly fast
And I hit 40 and I thought, "Wait
Am I too late?"

She didn't remember how I was once full of passion
She didn't recall once I was wild
She didn't really notice that while her dreams took off and flew her
All around
My dreams kind of stayed here on the ground

Then as the years went by
I forgot the way to make her smile
And I felt like we would never get it back
We have a son, we had a house, we had a life
We had it good, but all she sees is what I lack
And then there's Rachel at work
Who always laughs at my jokes
And she smiles when I talk
And she listens when I tell her I still have ambition
And she gave me permission
Her eyes still ask if I have the wildness inside
And when I told her I still loved my wife
She cried
And it felt good to be wanted
Good to be hunted
Good to be a man who caught her eye
And I told Catherine I was thinking
Maybe I'm not so happy
Maybe there's a life out there that I should try

What she didn't know is
Even as I said it
I knew I was making a mistake
And now there is no way I will ever find the words
To make her smile
To make her laugh
To make her understand she isn't plain
It's all the fault of the wild kid she tamed

Is this the story
The story of my life?
The story of my life?
The story of my life?
It's just a story of my life