if you wanted me to

from recordings & lyrics by Peter D'Elia by Peter D'Elia

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recorded with Doctor Voltage
Uwe Effertz, Jens Baumann, Peter D'Elia

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if you and i are a song
then i'm getting all the words wrong
i keep trying to make it rhyme
hoping you'll join in sometime
you could fool me easily
humming some dumb melody
i would think our song's a hit
but would you remember it?

so i sing the song to you
and you hum along with me
sometimes we don't seem to find a harmony
but then we meet each other's eyes
and i can see you realize
i'd play this song all day
if you wanted me to

if you and i are a game
then our rules are not at all the same
i keep playing nice and slow
you beat me twice in a row
but i keep on swinging away
just in case i hit someday
would it mean i'd have a chance
to make a move and to advance?

so i hit the ball to you
and you hit the ball to me
sometimes you slam it when i hit it nicely
but then we meet each other's eyes
and i can see you realize
i'd play this game all day
if you wanted me to

if you and i are a road
then we're moving a fragile load
i could go or i could stay
you only seem to move one way
somewhere between hope and doubt
spinning in a round-about
could it mean i'll never know
where this road could ever go?

so i show the way to you
and you show the way to me
sometimes i wonder if it still will someway be
but then we meet each other's eyes
and i can see you realize
i'd stay this way all day
if you wanted me to

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from recordings & lyrics by Peter D'Elia, released October 17, 2014

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