Hazel O'Connor - If Only Lyrics
What do you do when they turn on the light?You guard your heart, so they steal your sightYou reach out in blindness, touch the aloneIts icicle fingers chill you to the boneWhat do you do when the cat gives her tongue?No way to tell it's all going wrongNow that the words are locked in the phoneNobody answers, nobody's homeWhat's done has been done, and I won't be the oneWho despairs in the wheelchair, resigned to "If only"No, I'll stand up again and I'll runI'll jump up till I touch the sunBecause I won't be the one to be boundBy the sound of "If only, if only, if only"Well, I reach out in blindness now, but what do I care?I'll walk into walls and I'll stumble downstairsI'll laugh like a fishwife, I'll cry like a clownUp is the only way to go when you're downWhen I reach a mountain top, then I start to climbI'll walk on the water, I'll turn water to wineHope is the one thing we got on our sideHope can be salvaged when all else has diedWhat's done has been done, and I won't be the oneWho despairs in the wheelchair, resigned to "If only"No, I'll stand up again and I'll runI'll jump up till I touch the sunBecause I won't be the one to be boundBy the sound of "If only, if only, if only"What's done has been done, and I won't be the oneWho despairs in the wheelchair, resigned to "If only"No, I'll stand up again and I'll runI'll jump up till I touch the sunBecause I won't be the one to be boundBy the sound of "If only, if only, if only
