If I Were a Song - Lloyd Cole

What if I was just a song?

Words on a page to sing — a song

What if my essence was pure

Pure mathematics no more

Than a romance from a store?

Would you still cry when I played?

Would you still turn to me for the pain

If I were just a song?

Could a song, just a song break you down?

Could a song make you want to go paint the whole town?

Could your world turn around on a phrase?

Could an interval really be more

Than the space between us?

Would you still dance when I played?

Would you still turn to me when the nights

Grow long — if I were just a song?

But of course, of course I’m more than just a song

Baby, I’m something to be — a song

And wasn’t it you all along?

Wasn’t I there just to be

Your beleaguered go-between

There isn’t a mountain too tall

Mmm, not for me

There isn’t a river too deep

Not for me

I’m more than just a song

La, la, la…

Would you still cry when I played?

Would you still turn to me for the pain

If I were just a song?