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Artist: Backstreet Boys
Canonical path: /backstreet-boys/if-you-knew-what-i-knew
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If You Knew What I Knew
Read If You Knew What I Knew lyrics by Backstreet Boys on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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If You Knew What I Knew
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7AM...thinking 'bout you
Wondering if the thoughts I'm feeling, you're feeling too
Like a new born child - soft to the touch
Baby is it possible to love someone so much?
[mm, mmm]
I wish I may,
I wish I might
Be that certain someone
You wish for every night
CHORUS
If you knew what I knew,
You wouldn't say what you said
(say what you said)
If you knew what I knew,
We'd be together instead
Of you breaking my heart
(breaking my heart)
Over things that aren't true
My lady, yes
(my lady, yes my lady)
If you knew what I knew
(ahh, ahhh, ahhh .ahhhhh-ahhhhh, aaahhhhhhhhh)
Time passes by
The only tears I cry
Are filled with disillusion and fears I have inside
Like a lost soul...I feel like I'm all alone
(all alone)
If only I could feel your pain within your heart of stone...
REFRAIN
I wish I may,
I wish I might
Be that certain someone
You wish for everynight
CHORUS
If you knew what I knew,
You wouldn't say what you said
(say what you said)
If you knew what I knew,
We'd be together instead
Of you breaking my heart
(breaking my heart)
Over things that aren't true
My lady, yes
If you knew what I knew
BRIDGE
Then you wouldn't have to go away
If you knew what I knew
(oooo..)
Then you would be here...to stay
(...alll)
Right by my side
( ways)
Always
CHORUS
If you knew what I knew,
You wouldn't say what you said
(say what you said)
If you knew what I knew,
We'd be together instead
Of you breaking my heart
(breaking my heart)
Over things that aren't true
My lady, yes
(my lady, yes my lady)
CHORUS/BRIDGE 2
If you knew what I knew my baby,
You would never have said what you said
If you knew what I knew my baby, we would be together instead
If you knew what I knew my baby,
You would never have said what you said
If you knew what I knew my baby, we would be together instead
[Girl if you knew...]
(say what you said)
[...If you only knew]
If you knew what I knew my baby, we would be together instead
[Girl if you knew]
If you knew what I knew my baby
[Love you always]
You would never have said what you said
If you knew what I knew my baby, we would be together instead
[Girl if you knew]
If you knew what I knew my baby
(say what you said)
You would never have said what you said
If you knew what I knew my baby, we would be together instead
[Girl if you knew]
If you knew what I knew my baby
You would never have said what you said
If you knew what I knew my baby, we would be together instead
{...fade out...}
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