Contractions in a Golden Year

If you'd've told me I wouldn't've believed
that I wouldn't fret over my return and
that I'd scarcely give it a second thought.

If you'd've told me I wouldn't've believed
that my departure would've been so easy and
that I'd be going on-time just as you'd predicted.

If you'd've told me I wouldn't've believed
that all I'd touched would soon be forgotten and
that all I'd touched I'd just as soon