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Artist: Barbara Dickson
Canonical path: /barbara-dickson/if-i-d-stayed-around
Related lyric paths: 6
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If I'd Stayed Around
Read If I'd Stayed Around lyrics by Barbara Dickson on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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If I'd Stayed Around
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Every road I stand upon
Every new place that I find
Loving someone, remembering more
Always something takes my time
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What would have happened if I'd stayed around
Would I have been with you?
What would have happened if I'd stayed around
Would I have been with you?
The sun sets on singers on the sands out of sight
Walking their weary ways back home
My head is not heavy but my eyes and arms are full
One thought's lingering to roam
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Girls in their forties and girls in their teens
Girls with their husbands far from home
Some with their hair down and some with their eyes closed
All with their ribbons well undone
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Man by a roadside and in a factory
Drivers on wagons going north
Friends in a public bar with the dartboard as their guard
Never turn to ask me what I'm worth
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Buying a present for a newborn child
Drowning in whisky and gin
Watching a girl child cry to my face
With her mother asking where I've been
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Barbara Dickson performs "If I'd Stayed Around", and this lyric page sits inside the Barbara Dickson catalog on LyroVerse.
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