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Artist: Harry Belafonte
Canonical path: /harry-belafonte/if-only-it-were-yesterday
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If Only It Were Yesterday
Read If Only It Were Yesterday lyrics by Harry Belafonte on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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If Only It Were Yesterday
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If only it were yesterday when time belong to me
So many things I've yet to do so many sights to see
A thousand lines I never wrote and songs I've never sung
If only it were yesterday when still the world was young
If only it were yesterday when I was still a king
When winter could be wished away and overnight was spring
When all the world was spinning in a plan of my design
If only it were yesterday when still your love was mine
Yesterday pain was something I could never know
Such a long, long time ago
If you were here beside me now
I'd never ask for more
For I have come to realize
What every day is for
I need you here to bring the sun
My world has turned to gray
If only it were yesterday before you'd gone away
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Harry Belafonte performs "If Only It Were Yesterday", and this lyric page sits inside the Harry Belafonte catalog on LyroVerse.
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