Could not find exact words, but these are almost right. Might be some of verse one belongs in verse two and vice versa. Lost the lyric sheet that came with the LP! Haven't sung along on this in years, and now the turntable is broken, waaaaah!

Enjoy. This is sung kinda light and ironic and go-for-it breezy-- jazzy.

~S~


THE LAST DAY OF POMPEII
by Michael Smith

Now on the last day of Pompeii
I thought I heard a poor boy say
"Oh wow, man,
If I knew then what I know now!
You know, I wouldda taken up the slide trombone,
Had a garden where I grew my own
Oh wow man!
If I knew then what I know now!
Oh I wouldda sent back that steak that was so overdone;
Grabbed that big break while there was time-time-time...
Turned my life into a fantasy--
Hah-ah-ah-hot-stuff for me to remember, remember!
Oh and now that I'm a goner,
All that lava rushing 'round the corner,
Now I ain't complaining,
Only
Thinking about how
My life could be different
My love would be different
If I knew then what I know now."

(Scat singing interlude:) Dwee dah deedah,
Dwee dahdee dah,
Dwee dahdee dah deedaha dee dahdeedah dah,
Dwee dah deedah,
Dwee dahdee dah,
Dwee dahdee dah deedah dee deedeedah dah

And on the last day of Pompeii
I thought I heard a poor girl say
"Oh wow, man!
If I knew then what I know now!
I would have taken that Mediterranean cruise...
Filled up on chocolate, cigarettes and booze!
Given some perfect stranger the blues--
Hah-ah-ah-hot-stuff for me to remember, remember!
And when Vesuvius came to call,
Oh, Arrivederci-- I would have had it all!
Now I ain't complaining,
Only
Thinking about how
My life would be different
My love could be different
If I knew then what I know now."

(Scat singing interlude:)
Dwee dah deedah,
Dwee dahdee dah,
Dwee dahdee dah deedah dee dahdeedah dah,
Dwee dah deedah,
Dwee dahdee dah,
Dwee dahdee dah deedaha dee deedeedah dah
Dee dah...


SOURCE:
Recorded by Anne Hills on her early DON'T PANIC album.