What If?

I could have leaned in, then you'd lean in and I'd be the leader

I could have called you, then you'd get the message and you'd call me later

I could have told you, then you'd tell me that you felt the same

I could have been cool, but I guess I wasn't--I'm just lame

Link arms or join hands, put me in a trance

I won't be the first one for once in romance

Where you put me it's rough, on the edge here it's tough

Push me over or save me, choice easy enough

I would have tagged you, but you'd tag back before I got to base

I would have sat with you, but you would already have saved my place

I would have invited you, but I knew that you're a regular

You would have stood me up and I would have said, "Oh well, the hell with her!"

Just you make the move, I've got nothing to prove

I know we can win and that no one will lose

I hang up to dry, on this here clothesline

Fold me up or wear me just give me a try

I should have had you, didn't take me long to figure this out

It should have scared you, that I've done nothing but sit around

I should have, could have, would have been something, done something, followed

through But haven't you always wanted someone to take the first step toward you

I'm just swimming around, got this hook in my mouth

Reel me in and then later you throw me back out

Roll the dice just to see, take a gamble on me

Do yourself a favor--take one for my team

Say yes or say no, where you put me it's low

I feel like I'm drowning in your undertow

I want nothing else, I'm do-it-yourself

Till you buy me I'll just sit here on the shelf