If I Could

Story Behind The Song

Looking at an old photo in his dining room Dave started thinking, "If only we could choose to go to somewhere in the past for our vacation... remember a point in time where we felt happy and safe. Or a point in time where we could make a difference..."

Song Description

Seeing family photographs and remembering the past fondly

Song Length 3:30 Genre Folk - Country, Country - Alternative
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Peaceful Subject History, Past

Lyrics

If I could step in to that photograph from 1952
I'd love to sit and chat awhile just me and you
We could talk about your worries and what the future might bring
Then I could show you how your family turned out
You wouldn't have to worry 'bout a thing
About a thing, ma, not a thing

I want to be there in 1946
When the big one had just ended and you moved back to the sticks
You were just a young man then and swingin' life by the tail
I can see it in that photograph
It tells the story so well
Tells the story so well, dad, story so well

If I could jump into that newsreel in Dallas
I could jump in front of your car
Maybe I could slow the motorcade down before you went too far
How could things have been different today if you walked out of Dallas town
Maybe the world would be better off if you never got shot down
He never shot you down, Jack there in Dallas town

If I could sit and talk to you about this one regret
You know I might suggest to you not to light another cigarette
We still might be talkin' to each other just like it used to be
Like we always did together two brothers just you and me
Just you and me, Steve, just you and me

Lyrics Dave Hawkins Music Dave Hawkins
Producer Bil VornDick Publisher Mountainside Music
Performance Dave Hawkins Label Mountainside Audio

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