IF I HAD ONE

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IF I HAD ONE

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Just finished the lyrics for the next fight, not recorded the vocals yet so still subject to change...

You're always on the phone, you're always talking and I want to know,
I want to know things like what was the name of your first crush and kiss?
You're never on your own, you are surrounded and I can't get close,
I want to get closer and find out what makes you smile so much.

If I had one minute of your day,
Just to tell you everything that's weighing me down,
If I had some time to stop and say,
If I had one moment I could keep,
Folded up inside the pocket of my favourite jeans,
If I had one minute of your time.

No need to tell me though, I know you've never even looked at me,
I'm just a decoration you forgot you had hung on your tree.
I'm like a stepping stone, an easy way to get from A to B,
You pass right through somehow, a trail of perfume I could never touch.

So I'll quietly leave as I came in.
Nothing to see here, nothing but two strangers.
And I'll quickly sign all the papers.
No thanks. Good luck. Goodbye. And I'll see you later.
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Re: IF I HAD ONE

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Hello, you are ravishing tonight.

If I had one good reason I'd be so far out the door
Leaving this behind

If I had one too many I might finally speak my mind
Refuse to take no more

If I had one word in edgewise, I'd just be surprised
There's a first for every time

I had one nerve left to grind and hard surface combines
Leaving only you and me

Some people just can't say no
Most people really don't know why
Gotta stay, but you know you'd go if you had one chance to, right.

I love you,
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Re: IF I HAD ONE

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IF I HAD ONE
King Arthur

Pretty, pretty women, you know what they're about
Always two or three around until the money runs out
Soon as they discover you cain't treat 'em right
You'll find yourself alone on a Saturday night, cryin'...

If I had one, I could be happy
If I had two I'd be overjoyed
If I had three I would probably be
In the same ol' trouble I been tryin' to avoid
Ever since the trouble begun
Moanin' how I didn't have none
Tellin' everybody I'd be happy if I had one.

I got a little cabin up on the ridge
Got a big TV and a mini fridge
Go up there in the evening with a sixer of beer
Makes me wish I had me one o' them sixers right here, 'cause

(chorus)

Every man's entitled to an innocent vice
Get away with it once, get away with it twice
Third time something always seem to go wrong
And I'm afraid that there's one more verse to this song...

Daddy used to love him some pickup trucks
He had a Ford he could drive when the Chevy got stuck
But then one day Mama took a look in the barn -
Mama went ballistic and Daddy went "Darn..." he said

When I had one, she was happy
When I had two, she was overjoyed
I've been hiding three more, now Mama's on the warpath
It's trouble I been trying to avoid
Ever since the trouble begun
Moanin' how I didn't have none
Tellin' everybody I'd be happy if I had one.

(regular chorus a time or two)
"...one does not write in dactylic hexameter purely by accident..." - poetic designs
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Re: IF I HAD ONE

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If I Had One
by Schlimminy Cricket

If I had one chance to tell the world I'm here
I think that I could make them understand
If I had one day to make the nations fear
then they would know the power of my hand

CHORUS
I wouldn't have to do anything at all
I wouldn't have to-- I'd be done
I wouldn't to make heard the battle call
I wouldn't have to
I'd have won

I used to think that I would be the one in charge
I used to think that I would have it all
But now I find I am screaming at the stars
I'm not a monolith, I'm not so tall

CHORUS
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IF I HAD ONE

I try to be a sensible woman. I wouldn't sit around;
I wouldn't hang my last desire up on a wire
holding every lacy pair of your next trick's
naughty little things..

..you'd ever seen or that you've contrived
to bring home in the night to a bed you said was mine -
in a cheap hotel Satan sold us from hell
after demons' dinnertime.

…and I try to be your angel
but you lie like a devil
through our paradise
..all the time

CH
And I'd take the getaway flight if they had one
I'd take the money and boy, I'd run.
I'd do everything there was to do to you
under the shameful sun.
I'd make the choice to run away
and I'd cry - but it'd be the price I'd pay.
After I'd given you the time of day
I'd make a choice tonight
if I had one…
… to make

That's right..
I'd walk away -
no glance back .. i'd do the walk of shame
Not a lot of regret; but unlike the unlucky wife -
my dish would be salt-free,
and served cold.

'Cuz I believe the gloves have come off..
my door's swung easily open
and you came and took everything you could see

And if I could wipe my mind free then I would
And maybe I could if baby, if I had a different key

CH
And I would slam the door if I could
I'd bolt it tight down if it only would
let itself be locked … I'd be impervious

-to your whispered words. I'd make the choice
to run away
And I'd cry but it'd be the price I'd have to pay
After i'd given you the time of day
I'd make the choice tonight
if I had one to make..
if I had one to make...
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smile
forget for a while
forget who you are
and shine like a star

feel
this magic can heal
takes away your worries
gives you better stories

if I had one moment
if I had more time
if I had
I would make you smile

if I had
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IF I HAD ONE / Berkeley Social Scene

Numbers are against you, plotting your demise
Pretending to befriend you, but only telling lies

I'd give you my heart if I had one
I'll pour you a drink if you want some
Whatever you need you can have it
Just do your best, not to break it

Bury your hatchets, deep down in the dirt
Foster some good will, balance the hurt

I'd give you my heart if I had one
You could trade it in for a good one
A heart that can weather the storm
One less battered and worn.

Flying is easy if you can't see the ground
Velocity spinning you swiftly around.
You won't feel the problem until you look down.

If there's something you need, I can shine the light
Shine it down on you like a beacon on a foggy night

I'd give you my heart if I had one
I'll pour you a drink if you want some.
Whatever you need you can have it
Just do your best, not to break it

I'd give you my heart if I had one
You could trade it in for a good one
A heart that can weather the storm
One less battered and worn.
"...one does not write in dactylic hexameter purely by accident..." - poetic designs
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