If I Could

Story Behind The Song

My personal favorite of all my songs because it captures so well the way I felt for so long....much credit here to John Lennon and George Harrison for inspiration

Song Description

An autobiographical song describing the frustrations I often feel in my inability to communicate certain feelings or ideas

Song Length 6:45 Genre Rock - Easy Listening
Tempo Slow (71 - 90) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Restless Subject Frustration
Similar Artists The Beatles Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

There?s a story in my head
I can already read the pages
I can see my name in big bold letters on the cover

It?s been writing itself for years
Based on all the things I?ve ever loved or feared
The passion to write it down pursues me like a lover

There?s a song I?d like to sing
That would light up the children?s faces
They would gather ?round and raise their tiny voices

It?s an almost forgotten dream
Cast aside with all the other half-baked schemes
I wish I could see my way through all the choices

(Chorus)
If you could read what I?ve seen
If I could tell you what I mean
You?d understand the things I?ve planned
If you could see what I?ve seen
If I could tell you what I mean
You?d understand the man I am
A simple man

(Break)
Every time I think I know who I want to be
I get caught up in the web of some new opportunity
There?s always something better on the other side
Why can?t I just be happy with my life?
(Lead)
Can you understand the man I am?
A simple man

If you could read what I?ve seen
If I could tell you what I mean
You?d understand the things I?ve planned
If you could see what I?ve seen
If I could tell you what I mean
(But every time I try to tell you)
You?d understand the man I am
If you could hear what I hear
(The words just spin around my head)
If it could all come out so clear
(And I get lost in the confusion)
You?d finally see the mystery
If you could know what I know
(Sometimes I feel I?m all alone)
If I could only make it so
(Why can?t I turn off the flow?)
You?d understand the man I am
If you could read what I?ve seen
(The thoughts keep streaming in my head)
If I could tell you what I mean
(As I lie awake in bed)
You?d understand the things I?ve planned
If you could see what I?ve seen
(Sometimes it all appears so strange)
If I could tell you what I mean
(Or am I just a bit deranged?)
You?d understand the man I am
If you could hear what I hear
(A million voices haunting me)
If it could all come out so clear
(But is it real or fantasy?)
You?d finally see the mystery
(Real or fantasy??..)
If you could know what I know
If I could only make it so?.

Lyrics Steve Labrecque Music Steve Labrecque
Producer Steve Labrecque, Bert Plante Publisher Steve Labrecque
Performance Steve Labrecque, Bert Plante, Mike Bosa

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