If I Could Songtext
von Peter Hammill

You must be crazy to stay here
And I′ll be crazy when you go
Though there's so much I want to tell you
All the words come out too slow

I′ve been locked in my problems
You seemed prepared to wait
Now that I know I'm gonna lose you
All the words come out too late

There's no promise I can give you
That you wouldn′t know was fake
Though I just want to be with you
There′s no show that I can make


And in the morning when I wake and find you dressing
(You know she's going to go)
I can tell that it′s on your mind to go for good
(You always knew she would)
Well, I know that all this time I've kept you guessing
(You know, you know, you know)
But I′d tell you if I could
(It's just no good, it′s just no good)

Oh, if I now say that I love you
How will that seem in your eyes?
Oh, may my voice fall into silence
If my words turn out to be lies

I never meant to hurt you
Even though that's what I do
Even though you might not believe this
All my words were meant for you

There's no promise I can give you
That you wouldn′t know was fake
Though I just want to be with you
There′s no show that I can make

And in the evening when we sit and watch the TV
(You know she's going to go)
Oh, I know that this silence just won′t do me any good
(You always knew she would)
I wanna beg you, beg you, beg you, beg you to believe me
(You know, you know)
I'd tell you if I could


(You know, you know, you know, you know
You know, you know, you know, you know)
(She′s going to leave you)
I'd tell you if I could
(You know, you know, you know, you know
You know, you know, you know, you know)
(She′s going to go)
I'd tell you if I could

(You know, you know, you know, you know
You know, you know, you know, you know)
(She's going to leave you)
I′d tell you if I could