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Artist: The Lightning Seeds
Canonical path: /the-lightning-seeds/if-only
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If Only
If Only lyrics by The Lightning Seeds. A joke is not a joke It's serious stuff Till it's laughed at This moment's not the past It's nothing at all till I say...
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If Only
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A joke is not a joke
It's serious stuff
Till it's laughed at
This moment's not the past
It's nothing at all till I say that
Angel throw me a line
It's about time
It's about time
Never too late
I will escape
I just can't wait
Don't tell me there's no tears left to cry
Don't tell me that you're lonely you're lonely
Remembering the who, how and why
Don't tell i'm your only if only
The glitter and the gloom
A catch a glimpse of you in the room
Dollar bills for dreams
Nothing round here's quite what it seems
Angel throw me a line
It's about time
It's about time
Never too late
I wills escape
I just can't wait
Don't tell me there's no tears left to cry
Don't tell me that you're lonely
You're lonely
Remembering the who, how and why
Don't tell me i'm your only if only
If I could feel it
If only
If I could mean it
If only
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