I Should Have Known Better

I got in a tussle with a stranger on the train
His face was familiar, but I couldn't place the name
It got to be ugly, threats were made
I hope that no one who could see would be someone who'd know me

I had a small run-in with a driver and his wife
You might call it road rage, but we got out with our life
Considered nothing, I held my ground
And now that it's over, I've said that there must be a better way

I keep it in mind
Eight times out of nine
I'm wrong or I'm right
It's not worth a fight
But what's hard to define
Makes it tough to decide
You don't realize
Until after it has begun
Whether this is the one
I probably knew better
I probably knew better

Considered nothing, I held my ground
And now that it's over, I'll say that there must be a better way

I keep it in mind
Eight times out of nine
I'm wrong or i'm right
It's not worth a fight
But what's hard to abide
It's tough to decide
We don't realize
Until after it has begun
Whether this was the one
I probably knew better
I probably knew better
I probably knew better
I probably knew better