Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Vashti Bunyan
Canonical path: /vashti-bunyan/if-i-were
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If I Were
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If I Were
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If I were to go away
Would you follow me
To the ends of the earth
To show me what your love is worth
Or would you go and buy a car
Shrug your shoulders say "there you are
She didn't love me anyway
If she had she would have stayed"
If I were to go away
Would I always look
For your beautiful face
In every crowd, every place
Or would I go and buy a hat
Turn my shoulder say that is that
He didn't love me now it's clear
If he had he would be here
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Vashti Bunyan performs "If I Were", and this lyric page sits inside the Vashti Bunyan catalog on LyroVerse.
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