If I Had a Way
Words &
Music
© James M. "Dago" Marchellino - June 30, 2001
Chorus:
If I had a way to turn back time
Could I make it work
Would you still be mine
Was there some point in my life I turned
Could I change it all
If I'd only learned
I keep looking back to yesterday
How it all went wrong
And you went away
But if I knew then what I know now
Could I set it straight
Would it change somehow. . . .
As the years
go by it all becomes so clear
Part of me is gone without you here
I keep hoping someone new will come along
To make me feel the way I felt
When you shared my world and you sang my songs
And it's hard sometimes to make it through the day
Where the loneliness can wear a man away
When the sun goes down the night becomes a friend
'Cause at night I sleep and when I sleep I dream
That I'm holding you in my arms again . . . .
Chorus:
If I had a way to turn back time
Could I make it work
Would you still be mine
Was there some point in my life I turned
Could I change it all
If I'd only learned
I keep looking back to yesterday
How it all went wrong
And you went away
But if I knew then what I know now
Could I set it straight
Would it change somehow. . . .
And I know I
can't keep living in the past
But I don't know how much longer I can last
And I guess I don't know how to let it be
'Cause when I stop and look into the mirror
An empty man is all I see.
So I just keep trying to put it all behind
But its hard to do when you're always on my mind
And it might be wrong for me to think that I'm the one you need
But this heart inside me doesn't care
It just wants you back here wanting me. . . .
Chorus:
If I had a way to turn back time
Could I make it work
Would you still be mine
Was there some point in my life I turned
Could I change it all
If I'd only learned
I keep looking back to yesterday
How it all went wrong
And you went away
But if I knew then what I know now
Could I set it straight
Would it change somehow. . . .
(Chorus over
backing vocals)
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