If I Told You Now- Jason Robert Brown
Tabbed by Robin Young
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If I told you now
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That I didn’t have the answers
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That I didn’t know the reasons
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That I didn’t hold the key
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If I told you now
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That I couldn’t say for certain
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That I wouldn’t break my promise
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Could you bear to look at me?
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If I told you now
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That in spite of my persistence
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And my confident demeanor
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I am more and more in doubt
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If I told you now
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Would you smile with understanding
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Would you burn with disappointment
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Or would you turn and turn me out?
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If I told you now
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I suspect you still might say
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We’ve gone too far to change
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Or push away the tide
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Would you close us down
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Or would I get extra points
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Because I tried?
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If I tried
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If I told you now
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And I’m not about to tell you
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But in case I chose to mention
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Things I know you won’t allow
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Would it hurt less later
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If I told you now?
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If I told you now
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That we’re never really safe
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From all the fires we set
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Or debts we had to pay
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Would you hold me now
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So at least for this, for here
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I know you’d stay
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If you’d stay
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If I told you now
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It would be for your protection
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‘Cause I’m sure I’ll disappoint you
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Though I can’t imagine how
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Does it make me better
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If I told you now?
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Would you make me better
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If I told you now?
