My Unintended by Peter Hammill Lyrics

I've no regrets as to how it went
It's a relief when the time is spent
My unintended, here's the letter that I never sent

I gambled it all on a single shot
I found myself in an awkward spot
This psychodrama, was that really the best that we'd got?

It was another time, another place
My unintended caught me staring her full in the face
A close shave and a saving grace

Call it bad karma or misplaced trust
Such a bright future awaited us
My unintended, how we ground all our dreams into dust

I've no regrets as to how it went
It's a relief now the time is spent
My best intentions couldn't change what the auguries meant

I can't pretend I knew quite what I'd do
Though something's planned it doesn't mean it's completely thought through
And accidental actions come our way
Till unintended consequences are all we have left in the game
In another's place I might have played a better hand
All that's gone to seed but still I didn't understand
In another time I'd reap such wild oats as I'd sown
Oh, my unintended, where did our bright future go?